“I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.”

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.

Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.

Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me

All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God’s Divine Presence.

The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

We are moving from unconscious evolution through natural selection to conscious evolution by choice.

Democracies should be a delirium of choices – more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.

I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision. . . is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive.

I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.

The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

Food is my drug of choice.