Action is the antidote to despair.
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.
The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.
I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.
Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.
We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.
I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.