Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.

Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.

To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

To require perfection is to invite paralysis.

In a truly moral society, most of our current laws would not exist.

It's funny, the very things I needed to learn are the things I was trying to teach you.

When you only have a million dollar annual budget and a Super Bowl ad costs $4 million, you have to do something very creative to get onto the Super Bowl.

It's like time travel only, you know, slower.

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, like it’s not going to happen.

When you introduce something new to a country, you want to do it right. Generally, that means you have to do it yourself.

the damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't.