I think what you've seen from Donald Trump is this whole election cycle, there's been a level of misogyny that has become certain and fixed.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

Find something during the day to celebrate – something you someone did, something you observed or something you heard.

I’m a survivor. And like the moon, I have a feeling it would take a truly spectacular event to keep me from taking my place in the scheme of things, waxing, waning, and eclipsing notwithstanding.

Solitude is a catalyst for innovation

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery.

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

Let's be off before he gets his great horsey teeth into my poor lines of verse!

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

I'm hoping that these series, that originally aired in the 80's and 90's, prove to be as entertaining online and on portable devices as they were when first broadcast on network television.

One had a lovely face, And two or three had charm, But charm and face were in vain. Because the mountain grass Cannot keep the form Where the mountain hare has lain.