So then, on top of that, we don't have any spiritual leaders. We don't trust religion. We don't trust politicians, and we're given drugs and sex and television to pacify us.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

The craft can come once you get an interest in poetry, but I was trying to show kids it is a vital form and can be really captivating and intrigue you.

There are two reasons you can have this job. One is because you wanna be famous and the other is because you like the craft.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

In the end only kindness matters...

The cosmos gives me exactly what I need. Whatever comes to me is appropriate and I will learn from it.

In orgasm you are at one with yourself, with your lover, with all creation, with God. There is no time, no past or future, only total presence in the ternal now. The breath stops and the mind is empty. And from this void comes profound love, divine joy and illuminating bliss

True celibacy can be obtained only by having a profound experience of sex and being finished with it, transcending sexuality by transforming lust into love.