I'm not naive. I know how hard it is to get along.

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.

Holy Bon Jovi, the queen of darkness actually had a soul.

Work to become whole enough to love and to be loved.

I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.

Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?

I would say that all successful people are "fighters." They're passionate and determined. They see not only what they want out of life, but what they were built for, and fight for it.

Life passes into pages if it passes into anything.

My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very much indeed.

Women are smarter than men because they listen.