Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they are in the past. They can't hurt us anymore.

Once you discover freedom, you want to capture it, never let it go.

But replacing hunger for divine connection with Double Stuf Oreos is like giving a glass of sand to a person dying of thirst. It creates more thirst, more panic.

They left me. My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE!

Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

People's fates are simplified by their names.

All cities we have visited are precincts in this metropolis of the mind.

Reading musses up my mind.

Finding relief in your problem is fine, but it will not cure the problem.

Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.

Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.

I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too.

If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.