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It is better to be free than cheap.

The truth is like beer; it is an acquired taste.

Remember the past, it's gone.

If you fight with yourself, who wins?

The problem with emotional "roller coasters" is that all the up-and-down disguises that they really just go round and round. They keep bringing you back to the same old place.

It's cool to be kind.

All is illusion - except if you are having a bath, then it's an ablution.

For every profound truth, there is an equal and opposite profound truth.

May you be smiling and happy; may you worst enemy be smiling and happy.

I want... I want... I want... I want to give.

If you don't want to have an ego, that is just your ego.

If we don't have a strategy what we get is a tragedy.

What scares women about men is the masculine archetype; what scares men about women is the feminine archetype. Embrace your fears.

At lot of what goes on between men and women is the effect of archetypes. You are not required to take it personally.

Men should not fight with the feminine archetype in women; women should not fight with the masculine archetype in men. You can't win a fight with an archetype.

Capitalism is on the Spiritual Path. You pass by it on your way back to God. You did pass it by didn't you?

Who do you think you are? The rest of your life starts there.

If you are kind to yourself, everyone is blessed.

Each person must honor and embody their primary self, be it masculine or feminine, before they can embody the other without crippling themselves.

If you really want to create a better world; to contribute to a more balanced society, to enhance the lives of those around you, and to make the angels sing - then stop keeping on making the same stupid mistakes.

Looking for love in all the wrong faces? Find it in your own.

Make some new stupid mistakes today.

It is better that your life is governed by your Higher self than it be governed by your hire self.

If you don't want to have an ego, that is just your ego.

Even when you don't know what you want, you do know what you are willing to try.

The quality of our lives is largely determined by the quality of our relationships.

If we are what we eat, is it better to be; a lettuce, a chicken, or a nut?

All Fascists are natural comics, but only laugh at them from a safe distance.

Those North of the truth must go South to find it; those South of the truth must go North. There is no direction correct for all.

A small action can have more power than a large one.

If you are absolutely sure you are right; you can be absolutely sure you are wrong.

All prejudices are pigments of the imagination.

It is better to be good that nice.

Every problem has a spiritual solution: develop the quality that dissolves the problem.

Focus on a problem and it grows. Focus on the solution.

The solution to a problem lies in developing the spiritual quality that dissolves it.

Faith, the final frontier.

People who don't believe in gnomes are away with the fairies.

You may not believe in God, but God believes in you.

Come out of that monastery, come out of your cave, come down from the mountains. Now is your time to run the world.

Do you know why the angels love you so intensely? Why even the mightiest of them will do their utmost to help you, if you just ask? You have made the ultimate sacrifice in all creation: to be the ones who experience separation from God.

Home is about creating a warm, safe and loving place for children to fight with each other.

Cynicism is the refuge of those who reject their own capacity to create a better world.

Spiritual babies have the right to have their just needs met, but don't let them run the world. They'll just make a mess for you to clean up.

In olden times great heroes overcame overwhelming odds by their courage and strength. Nowadays such people become parents.

If you want to be grumpy and impatient all the time, just become a perfectionist.

Not everyone who wants to change the world is willing to deal with its nappies/diapers.

The human dilemma: wanting to be totally at one with everything; and wanting to be totally separate from everything.

Fear is wisdom as a child. The child needs appropriate attention to mature.

It is impossible to be happy while being unkind to yourself.

In order to feeling loving we must feel loved. Love yourself.

Who is going to love you if you don't love yourself?

When God said to Jesus, "This is my beloved child in whom I am well pleased.". God was speaking about humanity. God was talking about you.