Philosophy is unbelievably inspiring to me.

The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

Train yourself to be in awe of the subtle, and you will live in a world of beauty and ease.

That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.

Well-crafted things inspire me, whether it's pottery or art or music.

When you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

Listen deeply. Meditate on that which is arising. Even if it's boredom or difficulty or maybe a feeling of being stuck, that in itself can be the work for your practice.

There's so much fear running our lives that we forget to be human when it really counts.

Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.

Wellness within is mindfulness and acceptance of what you are, what you feel inside and how it's always changing. That process is helped by being attentive to the breath as it moves through the body.

And a woman needs a man to protect her from other men. Well, women used to. . . . Things have changed. Women are in the middle East, fighting and protecting men now.

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.

In my life, water has had the character of punctuation.

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.

The friendship I have conceived will not be impaired by absence; but it may be no unpleasing circumstance to brighten the chain by a renewal of the covenant.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly.

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

Courage leads starward, fear toward death.

If I ever saw one of my team-mates diving, I'd definitely have a word