Do not fret over the ignorant person; surely they have not had the opportunities which illuminated your path.

Do not be angry with an ungrateful person; probably they are confused or inexperienced.

In terms of changes, the spiritual mentors teach me that I must not forget those relating primarily to improve myself.

When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.

Jesus Christ did not ask much from us, He did not demand that people climb Mount Everest or make great sacrifices. He just asked that we love one another.

Do not imprison those about you to your way of thinking; give your companion the opportunity to interpret life as freely as you do.

Help those who make mistakes; your feet walk on the same ground, and even if you possess the possibility to correct them, you have no right to censure them.

We need to get rid of hate, envy, jealousy, discord in ourselves, so we can reach a solution in terms of peace in order to feel that time has come for human happiness.

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

Avoid trouble with those who are fanatics; they remain imprisoned in exclusivism and deserve compassion just as any other prisoner.

The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life.

The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of fundamental craft tools that are essential for any genre-including nonfiction.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

I think that we need to be careful, as reporters and as journalists, not to take the bait and not to get into an endless discussion about issues that are trivial.

The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.

Shut up, sit in that chair there and go into a deep trance!

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.