The greatest single antidote to violence is conversation.

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

When money rules, we remember the price of things and forget the value of things, and that is dangerous.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image.

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to drift left or right of Center sometimes.

What is once well done is done forever.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring

People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel.

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.

All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament.

By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to us. By being open, we can receive things beyond what we ourselves might imagine.

Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.