The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace.

You get to the point where you realize that unless you, yourself, become more of the change, you can't create too much change.

The point of Jesus' existence wasn't to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding us what lies within all of us, because Jesus was an example of the pinnacle of human evolution.

Envision possibility. Don't worry who else believes in it; the universe is only looking for instructions from you.

Love can be a huge mountain, a gentle garden, a raging storm, a cool breeze, or a perfect bath. But there is always fire somewhere nearby. There is always the red-hot stuff of the soul's initiation. If there isn't fire, then it isn't love ... If it doesn't insist that you move to your next level, if it doesn't take your heart and make it explode in a million pieces, only to fall back together again in some Moment of enlightened understanding, then you haven't really loved.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

The fate of the world rests on this one thing: our capacity to actualize our spiritual potential, and quickly.