“It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.”

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.

The next message you need is always right where you are.

I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.

We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.

Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

If you observe well, your own heart will answer.

Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.

When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.

Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.

It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‘Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.’

Greatness is never free; it must be earned.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

There seems to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement.

You were born to win.

Once I put it down I couldn’t pick it back up.

A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.

Well, I’m clearly not ugly.