If we believe that the universe is unfriendly and that our very souls are in danger, peace will be elusive at best.

We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others.

Everyday brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.

May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.

The question is not whether we will barbecue, but how we will barbecue.

Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.

Learning to listen to ourselves is a way of learning to love ourselves.

When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.

The question is not if we are going to die or not, but how are we going to live.

Every act of kindness and compassion toward others gets multiplied when they, in turn, pass it on. One by one the world becomes a better place. Service is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

I think it's the curse of being creative, sadness is always your pal.

There are not more than five primary colors  (blue, yellow,   red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

It is said that the dead are infinitely patient, although it is usually said by the living, and how would they know?

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

I'm a dilettante by temperament. I don't have any expectation.

You sure you don't need your Prince Charming to come and save you?" The knot in my stomach evaporated. My Prince Charming huh. "Sure, do you have one handy?

Stand-up is something I just truly love to do, so I'll always go back to it. I'll never stop doing it, that's for sure.

It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words.

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.