The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

The past has no power over the present moment.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Observe your thoughts, don't believe them.

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

The creation of a painting takes as much trickery and premeditation as the commitment of a crime.

Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

Don't be satisfied... always try to strive for more.

Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born.

You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.

If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.

You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for.

One of the real challenges, since we're working in so many places - Mexico, Japan, Brazil - is understanding variations, both in terms of culture and context.