Ignorance, according to the Buddha, is our basic difficulty. Psychedelics and the process of aging make that clear to me all the time.

You can focus your mind. You can respect your body. All of that is important.

I believe more in concrete spirituality rather than in a spirituality that is divided from the body and from nature.

Teenagers have to be sustained; they have to be given something to live for and something that involves them without having to make a child, a human being.

Some people just cannot take certain foods. That's all. People are allergic. Some people are allergic to orange juice, can you imagine? Orange juice is very healthy isn't it? Yet some people cannot drink it without having an allergic reaction.

The art of living is simply the art of using energy in an intelligent and creative way.

Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life.