Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a 'Peanuts' character.

When I see a garden in flower, then I believe in God for a second. But not the rest of the time

One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think.

Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?

If love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.

I wasn't expecting to really draw in respected comedians but it's going to happen along the way and I'm truly honored by that.

it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful

As a costume designer, it's important to give each person his or her own personalized look.

Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.

He caught me to him, his arms banded tight around me. His face pressed into my throat. "Where do we go from here?" I held him. "Wherever this takes us. Together.