Love is a living capacity within us that is always present, even when we don’t sense it.

Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.

When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

Never allow your dreams to die. Hold on tightly to your most cherished dreams.

it was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory." p 380

Happiness hates the timid!

There are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge.

If a journalist calls you a racist, chances are, all other journalists will call you a racist.

I'm livin' high on the hog, and let me tell you, hogs make a terrible foundation.

If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night.