The mystics will tell you death is perfectly safe. A violent act will beget a violent act; it is simply a law.

I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

I am operating under the philosophy that I will simply use what I need and the rest - even if I still have it somewhere - is not mine. It is others'. It is for the healing of the natural world. And it is in the process of returning.

I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow.

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

I didn't want to hear the usual answers about what's wrong because I believe these are symptoms: global warming, genocide, hunger, poverty, war, environmental crisis. If we can identify the root cause, we can change our ways.