We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms read more

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- read more

Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets.

For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.