In retrospect it always seems to work out that you can look back on something that was a disaster and find some gems in there.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

It is not the words or the actions you should trust, rather the pattern.

Alas, our technology has marched ahead of our spiritual and social evolution, making us, frankly, a dangerous people.

The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different.

Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home

Do you have any idea how much I've loved you?

It may be argued that to know one kind of beetle is to know them all. But a species is not like a molecule in a cloud of molecules-it is a unique population.

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.

Life's not easy for anyone. Everyone has scars they're afraid to show and we all get slammed headfirst into a proverbial locker from time to time by someone bigger and badder.

While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today.

It's impossible to contemplate the life of soil very long without seeing its analogy to the life of the spirit.