I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.

Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.

There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.

The best education I have ever received was through travel.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

We have to start seeing people as human beings. Our entire humanity depends on that.

We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays.

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.

Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.

True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.

Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated.

Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing.

Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it; let monuments and rich fabricks, not riches, adorn men's ashes.

We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")