I find being a mother harder than I though it was going to be. That is a tremendous revelation for me personally. Much more time, more care, more attention and more effort needs to be spent on care for the children. That will save the world at large.

I sometimes say to people who have life-challenging illnesses: "Right now you are tempted to think that if you were physically well you would be happy. But if that were true, everybody who is physically well would be happy."

We must relinquish our passive observation of the world outside; we can open the door to the world we want. In understanding ourselves, we come to understand the world. In allowing ourselves to heal, we become the healers of the world. In praying for peace, we become bringers of peace. Thus we actualize the power within us to remedy the psychic wounds of humanity.

The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.

There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts.

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

The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius.