The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

You shouldn't change your mind, your heart. Go get happy.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

A good parent is not someone that knows how to be a good parent, but knows how to learn how to be a good parent.

Even if the gods did exist, the Epicureans argued, they didn't care about us. Rather, everything comes from nature, and all that really exists are atoms and void, moving and congregating.

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

Let's commit ourselves to being true disciples of Jesus Christ. Not mere fair-weather followers, but disciples.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

If there's a perfect family out there, we're all happy for that family. But most families aren't perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty.

Blessed with some success, so I'mma try my best to live my life right. When I see God, he'll be impressed.