Our most meaningful conversations go on late at night when we're on the phone with our friends or talking to our lovers.

I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence -has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.

Conscious awareness is the source of our healing...Only when you say the truth can the truth set you free. This is not a negative process, but at times it is a difficult process.

Spiritual wisdom is now available to everyone, disseminated to the masses as never before in world history.

When you look at obesity in the United States, clearly it is not a bunch of stupid people. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Sometimes people who are dealing with issues of obesity and compulsive eating know more than I will ever know about nutrition, metabolism, and exercise, because they have studied it. But clearly the real problem, and therefore the real solution, is on another level of consciousness, and that is where the spiritual work comes in.

Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth.

We don't need to fight the forces of chaos so much as we need to restore and revitalize the forces of peace.