Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too).

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

But this is how some get lost in the race of life, they spend their lives judging how much they will do or how much they should do based on what everyone else around them is doing.

Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.

The angrier you were, the less likely you were to think clearly.

Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject.

Children with Autism aren't missing. Instead, they are off making discoveries

I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

Labor in loneliness is irksome.

The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.

It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!