This society is not 'user-friendly' for older people.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one.

Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.

Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation. It dies with the body, which is why we are so afraid of death. Death scares the hell out of who you think you are, especially if you think you are this body.

A moment comes when "other" is no longer other.

The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.