In our thoughts, we hold the key to our feelings. In our minds, we hold the key to love.

The history of your happiness is the history of your feeling connected.

A soul mate is not found. A soul mate is recognized.

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

Temporary, but excruciating, pain is the price of healing.

There is no transcending our minds, only using them optimally.

The self-judging person will always judge others. The rubric we develop for ourselves, the measuring stick we put against our own mind and body, generalizes to every other human being.

Love is more abundant than we could possibly imagine. Just like there is more air than we could possibly breathe in, there is more love than we could possibly perceive.

The next stage of evolution is the evolution of perception, the evolution of the mind.

This is what a real teacher does: she opens the gates of our minds to the possibilities of the soul.

The mind, just like the body, becomes exactly what it is fed. While the body is nourished by food, the mind is nourished by thoughts.

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

If I had seen pictures of people eating each other on the wall, I would've told him I was into cannibalism.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

The outlook on practice is we really have to prepare harder. We really have to focus harder on everything - we can't slack off. Any slacking off is going to put us behind.

There's no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist—it's not like becoming a doctor. You can declare yourself an artist and then figure out how to be an artist.

I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

The winters will drive you crazy until you learn to get out into them.

Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.

For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.