We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

Nervous breakdowns can be highly underrated methods of spiritual transformation.

The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of people and governments throughout the world - along with the fact that the use of brute force and militarism is an almost knee-jerk way of problem-solving on the planet today, makes the eradication of war the great moral issue of this generation.

The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.

The wisdom that comes from having experienced heartbreak cannot be bequeathed; it can only be gained through experience. And having truly felt it, we are far more likely to have compassion for others. Anything that takes us close to true compassion takes us closer to what will one day be an experience of even greater joy.

We need more than a new politics; what we need is a new worldview. We need a fundamentally different bottom line.

The goal of the spiritual activist is to find inner peace even in externally chaotic circumstances.