Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

The new spirituality is that it will produce an experience in human encounters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching 'We are all one.'

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them.

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.

To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.