The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

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.

The miracles of life are love, faith and hope.

..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive

We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court.

I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.

The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers

Faith is not a contract. Faith is surrender. If no other relationship in our experience is one of self-surrender, if it's all contractual, people won't know how to believe.

I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.

Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade