“It should not be taken in a hot climate. If you are in a place that is cool and peaceful, and you are alone and your mind is turned toward God, then you may take the yogi medicine.”

It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of good can come about, is to let the ego play God-and that, as you know, can and does backfire.

Whatever may be guru – he may be a lunatic or a common person. Once you have accepted him, he is the lord of lords.

This world is all attachment. Yet you get worried because you are attached.

Lust, Greed, Anger, Attachment – These are all paths to hell.

When you are sad or in pain or sick or you witness any cremation then you actually learn the many truths of life.

Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ.

It’s better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.

The whole universe is our home and all residing in it belong to our family… instead of trying to see God in a particular appearance, it is better to see him in everything.

Every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is a Mahamantra.

Often one goes for one thing and finds another

Attachment is the strongest block to realization.

Total truth is necessary. You must live by what you say.

It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.

The best form in which to worship God is every form.

Love is the strongest medicine.

Never put anyone out of your heart.

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

Big writers become a kind of shared climate.

The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.

With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international political agenda.

We have a responsibility to first understand how climate change impacts all peoples of the world. Then, we must consider the individual and collective choices and actions that can move us toward a sustainable future.