The reward for being sensitive is that we’re held by the Universe, the way the ocean in its buoyancy holds up a raft.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Religion is deeply intertwined with a person’s cultural identity. Hence, trying to take it away, is not only unethical from a humane standpoint, but also it is immoral and downright inhuman.

While games are fun to play, children should grow up not just being the consumers of technology but also the creators of technology.

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

2017 may have been that year when identity politics hit a brick wall - and slumped limply on the pavement.

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

A real man is capable of controlling himself before he controls his children.

What you are is the most subtle delicacy of being.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have attributed to that character and how I would fit into the story.