life

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

You can't change the world

You can't change the world
But you can change your perception of the world
And if you can change your perception of the world
Then you can change the world!

Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends.

If you don't have a sense of humor about it, then it isn't funny.

Guided Missiles

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Breathe

Breathe into the hard times.

Dahlia

Ivy Lane, circa 1987

How to unite

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

Being an activist

People single me out for being an activist, but I always say that the impulse is inborn - it just needs to be nurtured. It starts when you're little, and you see some kids being unkind to another kid on the bus. Maybe you do something. Maybe you don't. But there was that little hint in your brain that something was wrong, that you weren't comfortable with the situation.

I slept

I slept and dreamt that life was joy,
I awoke and saw that life was service,
I acted and behold, service was joy.

Our deepest fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.

A Return to Love, Harper Collins 1993, Read by Nelson Mandela in his Inauguration Speech, May 1994

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