The main thing going on around intimacy is that we've developed a lot of strategies so we'll be a desirable package.

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.

I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.

One of the best questions you can ask when something negative happens is this: What does this experience make possible?

The few people who earned my respect are those who are predictable in their character but totally unpredictable the way they think!

The Saints are the Sinners who keep on trying.

As to Magyar, I think that my speech was incorrect, inappropriate.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

I always was intrigued with writing my own stuff, and I was always really bad at learning other people's stuff.

The education already given to the people creates the necessity of giving them more.

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there.