Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

Love isn't just what you feel for someone when you look at them. It's how they make you feel about yourself when they look back at you.

When you’re kind to people, and you pay attention, you make a field of comfort around them, and you get it back—the Golden Rule meets the Law of Karma meets Murphy’s Law.

Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.

That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.

In my simplicity, I remember wondering why every gentleman did not become an ornithologist.

I perform for soldiers because they are important.

If LOVE could talk to you about your relationship with food, what would it say?

I had a New Year's kiss once. But it was like, "Let's start the year off together," and then we wound up breaking up the night after!

Its five o'clock some where

What you look like has nothing to do with what you think about yourself.