The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place.

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary.

I have gained wisdom from leaning into my pain, in not allowing the hounds of hell to snap at my heels anymore. Now I turn around, call them by name, and let them know I am prepared to fight.

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

But now the other half of "us" was gone and, lying there in my shadowy room, I'd be struck with this realization that I had no clue how to be just me again.

Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

People think in Hollywood there's a family, where everybody gets together talks about stuff and we all know each other, and it's just not that way at all to me.

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release. For in the belly of the badness there is no more fear.

We are one another’s angels.

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.

You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life.