By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person.

For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.

Inside every woman there is a Kali. [Hindu goddess who morphed into seven hidden beings to win a battle] Do not mistake the exterior for the interior.

Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people.

Love is the greatest light, the brightest torch, and will always be the greatest instrument of change.

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.

Of course, the surest way to free yourself from an existential crisis is through comedy.

You can have the 'golden rule' - do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But then you take it one step farther - where you just do good unto others, period. Just for the sake of it.

My husband does so many romantic things for me, it's absurd.

At any given moment in your life, you have the choice between love and fear. And that's a choice you make. You make the choice of how you react to events.

Love is the most dangerous thing in the world.

Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

Doctors frequently get it wrong. One out of five patients today is in the hospital because incorrect treatment by a physician put him or her there.

You can't have ego and gratitude at the same time.

Without money, you are powerless in this world. You are totally subject to whatever happens. To be without money in the physical world is to be powerless.

Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata in karate is useless.

Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher score than Chinese kids? That never happens.

People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know.

A poem is a cup of words open to the sky and wind in a bucket.

Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using the table to measure the ruler.