I actually don't think we're more divided than we were.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

My whole marriage to her, I finally realized, was a placeholder, leading me to this very day.

I spilled spot remover on my dog now he's gone.

Someone smells good, it automatically makes them more attractive.

True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.

Any darn fool can make something complex

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

We have taken plants from the capitalist system where the most important thing was to produce, especially in Cuba.

"He preaches well that lives well," quoth Sancho, "that's all the divinity I can understand."

I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies