We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. MORE IS GOOD. MORE IS GOOD. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.