I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

You cannot expect a corrupt law enforcement system to prosecute the illegal activities of corporations and their government minions.

As Realtors, you live and breathe the American dream.

For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my eyebrow pencil. I'm very low-maintenance.

It takes at least one to make a marriage.

And so as much as I can, I care about her, dear Deborah. It's probably not love, but I would rather she were happy.

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.

We know that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership.

As I tell my intro creative writing students, after reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write.

Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up.