Sleep just gives the ego a little time out. It has to stay strong in order to be something that it isn't.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

The purpose of my faith is to bring me hope without fear. This is not only beneficial for the life to come, but also in this present life as well.

Man to woman

When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it.

But am I clever and right or clever and wrong?

Simply put, if you are a Wayward Victorian Girl, I'll find you.

It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.

Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric.

Social networking inspires me a lot and how we are related and connected to each other.

Cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.

There is no example on the planet of a successful economy with broadly shared prosperity and a shrinking, weak government.