Perhaps the hardest thing I've learned, and still struggle with, is that I don't have to be finished in order to be whole.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Passion is the feeling of excitement, energy and enthusiasm you feel towards something or someone you care about.

Negative situations can never overwhelm a positive mind.

It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.

Anyone who can say and do anything better than that already done or said anytime, anywhere and considered then the best, then it is good to state for him that he has a brilliant brain in his head.

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

You need a strong, tough leader to restore America's greatness. This is the best person to do that.

For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't-play-baseball story.

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.

The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.