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 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!

We think that because we dwell inside our bodies that we are separate from other people who dwell inside theirs.

People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.

Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you're a student all day. You know it's the depth of your observation that is the issue - not how much the world has to show you.

The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.

When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.