My years as a mystic have made me question almost all my assumptions. They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.

Days are a finite resource and it's best to protect the ones you have.

Don't confuse efforts with results....

I'm fine I said for the 2,467th time this semester. (I know. I was keeping count)

Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107; Adam on friendship

I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.

When I first started writing lyrics and stuff, I was writing it to garage, and obviously garage kind of progressed to grime.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.

I wanted to be at my sister's funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.