Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals.

All I ever really wanted to do was arouse souls through my writing and enjoy my journey to becoming one with myself and with the world.

We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.

Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude.

When we die what really matter? Society has a way of "mechanizing" people. That's it's nature. Then we aren't human anymore.

We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are.

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.

Business is about profit, yes – and it is about more than profit: at its best, it is about expanding the possibilities of humanity.

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog's heart. And about the rottenest heart in all creation!

Each experience of love nudges us toward the Story of Interbeing, because it only fits into that story and defies the logic of Separation.

My call to the ministry was not a miraculous or supernatural something. On the contrary it was an inner urge calling me to serve humanity.

Don't be surprised that I value prejudice, observe certain conventions, seek power--it's because I know I live in an empty society.

The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.