I said in an interview at the time that God's job is not to make sick people healthy. That's the doctors' job. God's job is to make sick people brave.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Why bad things happen to good people

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.

Envy's a sharper spur than pay.

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we’ve reached a point where we’ve discovered most of the things. I’m going tell you right now: Please don’t despair.

Cleveland, city of light! City of magic!

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

I lived my life as a - as a part-white, part-black but then sometimes-Jewish kid.

I wish I sang better.