When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a power much greater than our own takes over, and it does a much better job than we could have done. We learn to trust that the power that holds galaxies together can handle the circumstances of our relatively little lives.

But beauty itself is not given to us by anyone; it is a power we have within us from the gate, a radiance inside us.

We resist Joy on this planet more than we resist war.

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

If I had to choose between a narrow-minded woman or a man who was an enlightened thinker, I would vote for the man.

The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own life, and if the system under which we live the structure of western civilization begins to collapse because of our selfishness and greed, then it will make no difference whether you have $1 million dollars when the crash comes or just $1.00. The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects.