Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

My mom is really great with me and for me, because I think she makes an effort to make sure there is some normalcy in my life, and her and my dad don't really treat me any differently.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

When you fall head over heels for someone, you're not falling in love with who they are as a person; you're falling in love with your idea of love.

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

People have an infinite attention span if you are entertaining them.

America is the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.