Boiled down to its core, the truth is always a simple, solid thing

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

There are a dozen St. George soldiers hiding in that maze, ” my trainer said. “All hunting you. All looking to kill you. Welcone to Phase Two of your training, hatchling.

I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.

A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance.

The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason.

I very much believe in the collective work and the team dynamic.

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.

Not to teach the whole curriculum is to give up on the whole man.

I'd like to sell a lot of books.