Our problem is not that we don't have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.

I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good.

Every relationship is a gift exchange.

We aren't bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.

Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.

I do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and desire to serve and awareness of the fate of mankind - all these wonderful things, yes. And I know I'm getting there.

There is a lot to look at when you are serious about transformation. You look at everything you've ever done, every circumstance you've ever been in, cleaning up everything in your past. Reconciling, forgiving others, forgiving yourself. It's a lot of work, actually.