I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

You have to steal back yourself. You have to steal back your own mind. Meditation helps in that area.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"