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.

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.

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.

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.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

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.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

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.

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.