Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.

There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.

The best education I have ever received was through travel.

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

We have to start seeing people as human beings. Our entire humanity depends on that.

We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays.

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

I think we need to take a look at the technology, but not depend on it for things that require humanity.

Instinct is a makeshift, an admission of helplessness before the problem of reality.

Life is the light of love.

Travel makes existentialists of us all.

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

A novel determines its own size and shape and I've never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it seemed to require.

Most of our life is unimportant, filled with trivial things from morning till night. But when it is transformed by love it is of interest even to the angels.

I have to go... drop some kids in the pool.

America is facing some major threats. Cyber warfare, Islamic terror and Russia, does it sound terrible? It sounds like the end of the world.

Our presidency is a cut above, we all want the president to be the absolutely finest person and best person that we could elect, but even at that, presidents are not supposed to be unapproachable.

Don’t be scared... Be positive... Please don’t think that your life is about to end... Take the right advice and act as soon as you can... If there’s an issue in your system, don’t ignore it.