“My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.”

“Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.”

“Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we're so deeply interconnected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is the supreme creative act.”

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.”

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

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

“I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.”