Never place yourself above your fellow man, for we are all, each and every one of us, born of equal rights to the nourishing earth beneath and the wonder of the stars above.

She had this way of always finding the good and believing in everything despite all she had seen.

The purpose of this glorious life is not simply to endure it, but to soar, stumble, and flourish as you learn to fall in love with existence. We were born to live, my dear, not to merely exist.

And as she fell apart, her shattered pieces began to bloom — blossoming until she became herself exactly as she was meant to be...

You are not flawed, you are as beautiful as you have always been and blessed with evidence of a life lived.

Awakening others is an impossible endeavor until I myself am awakened.

All life evolves by the differential survival of replicating entities

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.

From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.

But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

I'm a producer in the old-school way - not just some slacker working on Pro Tools.

If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.