“I started out coming out of college, I had my realtor’s license and I did real estate full time for a number of years.”

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

It was bad enough when i thought your ghost was haunting me; i don’t think i could handle the real thing.

Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

Religion and practical life are not different. To take sanyas (renunciation) is not to abandon life. The real spirit is to make the country, your family, work together instead of working only for your own. The step beyond is to serve humanity and the next step is to serve God.

It takes spiritual authority to bless others. Many Christians say, “God bless you,” but one clearly senses that although the words express a kind wish, they lack real spiritual authority.

That’s why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.

I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.