All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

Get me outa here. F*ckin' creepy cheerleaders.

I've surfed the Web and the whole dating connection. I find that pretty fascinating, but no real leads.

Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.

If our country got along with Russia, that would be a great thing.

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?

It always seems to me that so few people live - they just seem to exist and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't live always - til we die physically.

It's better to be happy and comfortable than well dressed.

There is kind of a fundamental conformity, which is a virtual requirement to enter into the media.

Every time I design clothes, I'm making a movie.

Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.