A small minority cannot control an uncooperative majority, so they must be distracted, divided, tyrannised or anaesthetised into compliance.

All desires are the inappropriate substitute for the desire to be at one with God.

Every moment is a fresh new beginning, a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the universe. We can do whatever we want. We can change reality at any moment.

That's what keeps me alive, perversion and star quality.

The nation state is a relatively modern idea, and I don’t think we’re getting a lot out of it except for flags and World Cups.

If you don't choose heroes, heroes will be chosen for you, and they will not represent values that empower you, they will represent powers that will enslave you

He glanced first at me, and then at his devastated flowerbed; all plowed up and butchered, like a Ripper victim- like Pearly Poll, lying gutted in Hanway Street, Spitalfields.

Beyond the limited realm of the senses, the shallow pool of the known, is a great untamable ocean, and we don’t have a fucking clue what goes on in there.

The most potent tool in maintaining the status quo is our belief that change is impossible.

The economy is just a metaphorical device, it's not real-that's why it's got the word "con" in the middle of it.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

I was like Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley on Ed Sullivan, I tells ya, punished for the crime of being sexy. (him on the telly , me in a dingy alley... any analogy will break down under scrutiny.)

Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things!

The truth is: there is on this frequency, from our human perspective, a planet, some beings, some resources; would it not be sensible to employ systems that benefit the planet, the beings, and the resources?

The only meaningful interpretation of any religious teaching is to honor the divine within ourselves and love the divine in one another.

I used to believe in the system that I was born into: aspire, acquire, consume, get famous and glamorous, get high and mighty, get paid and laid.

You have to forgive everyone for everything. You can’t cling on to any blame that you may be using to make sense of the story of your life.

Well this all seems like a bit of a storm in a teacup!

If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.

Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.

The only Revolution that can really change the world is the one in your own consciousness, and mine has already begun.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies.

I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life.