Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)

If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)

[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)

Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them

Every big prize demands a hefty price.

Reason respects the differences and imagination the similitudes of things.

I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

You can't grow a beard if you shave

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Every high has an equal, measurable low.

What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.