Here’s a fact: Some people want to live moreThan others do.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.

Don't be a zombie for anyone, if your oppressor likes zombies, cinemas are not located in mars.

You attract only the people, situations and outcomes that you either want or need.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.

To be a dad: Make peace with the fact that you will now be your partner's second favourite person in the world.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

Faith comes from listening to the right stories.

Successful men don't date up. They are intimidated by wealthy women unless they are blue bloods. Successful men want to always take care of their women, and that means financially.

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.