Love causes us to be deeply connected in an unspoken way. It happens when we're really available, really open.

The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it.

The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.

What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

The light of consciousness has no mind to change or alter anything. There is no sense that anything needs to change, but it does change.

The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is? It's a listening, a deep wordless listening.

Value those who give you constructive criticism, because without them doing so, you will never reach the peak of what you are do.

Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

I say 'I love you' to my daughters every day.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.

I will take a pie in the face any time for a worthy cause.

I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy.

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.

We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.

Discipline is a choice. It's simply consistently choosing the hard right over the easy wrong.