If you decide that you cannot beat a temptation, what you are really doing is giving yourself permission to be irresponsible.
Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.
The power of the heart is the power of Life.
When we judge, we create negative karma. When we say of an action: ‘This is right,’ or, ‘That is wrong,’ we create negative karma.
A glorious life is filled with companions who have open hearts.
Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core of human experience.
If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself.
If your intention is to give, you will not be concerned with how your actions are perceived.
Realize you are worthy of your life and live accordingly.
I cannot create authentic power in you. I can only create authentic power in myself. But, I cannot create it in myself without you.
You have a sacred contract with the Universe, and no one can fulfill it except you.
The only event in the history of our species that compares with this one is Genesis. And this is a new kind of Genesis, the Genesis of our species into conscious awareness.
The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.
Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.
The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.
Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
Authentic power is the energy that Is formed by the intentions of the Soul. It is the light shaped by the intentions of love and compassion guided by wisdom.
We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.
The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place.
Painful emotions show you what prevents you from creating harmony, cooperation, sharing and reverence for life.