Anything having to do with what is happening inside people has political significance to me. That is why I like the term "holistic politics."

Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.

The Light in you is the unalterable truth of who you are. You can deny it and obscure it, but you cannot uncreate it.

The teenager begins to realize he or she really does want to be part of a community, really does want to have good relationships with others, really does want to create something truly good with his or her life. The teenager comes to understand just being smart and just being privileged are not enough.

If I'm honest with myself, I think it's probably true I have learned more in my life through pain than through joy. But hopefully that's changing.

There is no they, only us. We are part of a large fellowship called the human race. We all hurt the same. We all love the same. We all bleed the same. We all need understanding and care. We can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of the same vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.

We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.