Magic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you can be of service to the universe.

But beauty itself is not given to us by anyone; it is a power we have within us from the gate, a radiance inside us.

When you realize that the real breakthroughs come from levels of higher consciousness, then you also realize that the achievement of maturity and wisdom is the most powerful generator of new beginnings possible.

My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.

Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.

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.

We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.