Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.

Death by plane crash scares me. I travel a lot, and when you hit turbulence, and post 9/11, that's in the back of my mind a bit.

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.

It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.

The answer to human life is not to be found within the limits of human life.

Those who consume far more resources than they require destroy the life chances of those whose survival depends upon consuming more.

I only really love a book when I have read it at least four times.

I'm a lifer, yeah... I can honestly say I'm a lifer.

It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest. They support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for to-morrow.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.