If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.

The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life.

Every person I've known has had an effect on me, as have people whom I've not met in the physical in this life, but whom I've met inwardly, teachers from other eras - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Ramakrishna and Lao Tse.

Death is only a summer vacation for us. We don't really change or lose what we have learned or who we have been when we die, because we are our karma.

The karma that is most interesting is the mental karma because ultimately it generates physical action.

I am a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Aren't we all? I teach meditation to many different types of people, you mentioned celebrities. I also teach meditation to many people who are not famous, but are, in my eyes, very important.

In every situation, feel before acting, just for a second. Look for a feeling.