I've had an interesting life.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Misery loves companyTragically

The now reality is our only home, where everything already is. There is no other home we came from, and we might think we shall return to.

You only have one life.Make sure that yours isone you are happyto be living.

That demon will trick you faster than a politician with a liquor license.

I mentioned charter schools, and experimenting with our school system, to make it work. I think that's something we really have to pay attention to.

The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere.

Being President is a little bit like riding a tiger. You have to keep riding, or else you will be swallowed up by it!

Structures can be manipulated for ill as well, especially when people are dealing with issues of power, or control, or violence.

By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.

Some goalkeepers are really sexy with their feet. I have a little sexiness with my feet, but I don't like to bring it out.