“In all the great religious systems, there are divine beings who represent the feminine face of the divine.

“When I went to college in the 1970s, the Women’s Liberation movement was all the buzz.

“I now see that is a woman’s God-given role to tend to the home and take care of the children: it’s just that the entire planet is our home, and every child on it is one of our children.

“I’m proud to say I was part of a movement in which we sang ‘All You Need Is Love’ at political rallies.

“God goes with me everywhere, because God is in my mind.

“Divine organization is inherent in all things.

“The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they’re more desperate than anyone else, but because they’re more touched by it. That’s not their weakness. It’s their strength!

“Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do.

“In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.

“Christ is born into the world through each of us.

“Look at Fukushima. Should we or should we not agree with the U.S. government that none of that radioactive energy is making its way here? Hello!

“Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?

“To me, drone use is a moral issue.

“America has swerved from its ethical center.

“Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings.

“You’ve committed no sins, just mistakes.

“When America does what’s right, it’s such a light on this planet.

“If I just want to ‘start a conversation,’ I don’t need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you’re not running for office.

“Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most of us feel it.

“Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.