I personally am not a total pacifist. I do believe there is such a thing as a just war. I believe, for instance, the effort to destroy the Nazi regime militarily was justified military action.

We have to wage peace. That's the law of the spirit is the waging of peace, because if we simply seek to manage the effects of hatred, which does need to be done, of course. But if all we do is manage the effects of hatred, then hatred will simply stalk us the next decade or the next generation. We need to dismantle hatred itself.

I just want to write books or give talks which, if I were in the audience or I were the reader, I would appreciate.

Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are.

I'm not bowled over by how different all the world's religions are - I'm bowled over by how similar they are.

The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they're more desperate than anyone else, but because they're more touched by it. That's not their weakness. It's their strength!

I think you have to grieve the loss of youth before you can claim the joy on the other side of it.