Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

We have no sense of the collective anymore in America. The response to Katrina was proof positive of that.

Only the human heart can live in present moment awareness. The human mind cannot, because its essential nature is to ponder the past and plan the future. This is why all wise beings encourage us to go beyond the mind into the timeless, boundless transcendence of heart-centered awareness.

I don't consider myself to be a crusader of any sort. I was bystander to a certain number of newspaper crusades. They end badly, in terms of being either fraudulent or by inspiring legislations that makes things worse. So, I regard myself as someone coming to the campfire with the truest possible narrative he can acquire.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

What drugs haven't destroyed, the war against them has

Choices are much more practical and small when you're dealing with a real story. It's about execution, it's not about content.