Our addiction to always being right is a great block to the truth. It keeps us from the kind of openness that comes from confidence in our natural wisdom.

Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself

When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone’s pain, it become compassion.

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call to make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Death is just a change in lifestyles.

If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)

Love is not what we become but who we already are

Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.

Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Writers strive for the impossible: perfection. Even the universe is flawed.

Mundane, boring stories--not interesting ones--are the ideal in an operating room.

My goal tonight is to maintain a steady stream of invincibility. If I hit stage four—“I’m Invisible”—I’ll likely pass out, and that would ruin all my fun.

I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.

My overall responsibility is to be truthful. If people pay money to come and see me, looking for something other than that, then they've made a mistake.

Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you always wanted to be.

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so it's all my memories of growing up.