A broken heart is not the same as sadness. Sadness occurs when the heart is stone cold and lifeless. On the contrary, there is an unbelievable amount of vitality in a broken heart.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

Little with love is better than much without love.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

The color of truth is gray.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

Watching something is nothing like doing it.

There is no reality, only perception.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

Start before you’re ready. Good things happen when we start before we’re ready.