Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.

I'm afraid of everything I don't know.

Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.

I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.

Letting go seems like the most powerful thing I could do.And so I do.I just let it all go.And it feels glorious.

It's hard to know what happy is if you're not sure if you've felt it before.

We are responsible for our own relationships, their successes, their failures, the good times, the bad times. Take responsibility for creating the relationships that you desire.

Two tools are present to us daily

Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.

Meditation is a huge part of my life. And prayer.

Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.

To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. And that system is embodied - through marketing as much as talent - by Steve Jobs.

By prayer, community is created as well as expressed.

The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.