A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.

The whole purpose of letting pain be pain is this: to let go of pain. By entering into it, we see that we are strong enough and capable enough to move through it. We find out that it ultimately has a gift for us.

I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid?

Today's Catholic church seems to reward authoritarian personalities who are clearly ill, violent, sexually obsessed and unable to remember the past.

Big-heartednes s is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey.

I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.