Have the #‎ life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

She supposed it felt like freedom, if freedom was a fall into the unknown.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing.

I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.

If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.