Things don't spiral out of control when we surrender them; they spiral out of control when we try to control them!

The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own life, and if the system under which we live the structure of western civilization begins to collapse because of our selfishness and greed, then it will make no difference whether you have $1 million dollars when the crash comes or just $1.00. The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice.

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

The desire for transcendence is intimately connected with the desire for creativity. It is just as essential to who and what we are.

Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.

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.