The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.

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.

Then, whenever I feel the sun on my face, I will think of you, " I told him. "You will always be with me, Bill. Because of all I have felt for you, and all I have learned from you.

No knife cuts as swiftly, deeply and precisely as the blade of the Beloved.

Just take me with you. Please.I cant.Please, Papa.I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.

Do what others do not do, Believe in what others do not believe, Feel what others cant feel, Become what others cannot be

If you're reading IMDB, half of it's made up. You can't trust it or Wikipedia, which is just lies, lies!

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.

'A Wrinkle in Time' was almost never published. You can't name a major publisher who didn't reject it.

We put a gender lens on our whole value chain.

I love great animation.