Treat yourself as your own beloved child.

If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.

The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.

Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen.

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest

As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.

The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.