A man will be known by his books.

If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.

And part of growin’ up is learnin’ to see the world through other men’s eyes.

We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.

Therefore, your mistakes and your failures are blessings; opportunities for the best in parenting. And those who point out your mistakes are not your enemies, but the most valuable of friends.

After years of living with the coldest realities I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow kindness is the best of all investments.

We were all so young that there were no lines on our faces to read between.

What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from.

When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist?

I woke up and was walking on a mountain, and I thought, "What's the worst thing that humans could do to the planet? Make it uninhabitable for humans and kill wildlife."

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem.

You find that the injustice that created a wound is no longer true, right now, in this moment.

Being completely in control is a fantasy.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music

I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.