Remember, everyone you meet is really trying to do the best they can. No one woke up today and intentionally decided to be mean, difficult, or unreasonable - including you.

Doing the next "right thing" will always bring more genuine happiness than simply doing the next fun thing.

The doors that open and close in our lives are not nearly as important as the person we are when we open them.

Today is sacred - for it will never come again. What could be more important than living this day with attention and the intention to be of benefit, to the best of your ability, to all you encounter?

True freedom is the ability to respond consciously, in the most beneficial way, to whatever life throws at you.

Every moment, every breath, is a new opportunity. An opportunity to let go of the past and to become the person you choose to be.

When we forgive others, we give ourselves permission to let go of our own suffering.

Truly listening, attentively, and with care, is one of the simplest and most kind gifts we can give anyone.

Your genuine happiness does not come from other people, activities or things, it comes from living a meaningful life - a life that is in alignment with your values and is beneficial.

There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.

The only thing that separates the person you are from the person you want to be are the actions you take.

Those who know you see your tears even in the rain.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

I don't need a gym. You can do a lot without the gym, so that's what I've chosen to do.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

I think a lot of us go through a period where we feel like outsiders, and deal with that by wishing we were insiders. So that was the emotional core of American Born Chinese.

When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife - very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.

Every child should be placed on a doorstep to sell something. It's the best possible training for life.

To tell you the truth, I think it's about that we shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.