The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

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 thing that I’m most likely to collapse under is not the weight of the stresses that stand around me, but the ego that sits within me.

Some days we lose all at once and somedays we get all back at once. But either way, Accept it.

Life is too short for mean anxieties.

It's not the matter you cover so much as it is the manner in which you cover it.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

Our troubles keep us going.

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.

Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope.

You can travel through literature, and you can expand your mind through literature. It's so cheap to buy that kind of ticket.

I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.