The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be free.'

The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it.

The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.

What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

The light of consciousness has no mind to change or alter anything. There is no sense that anything needs to change, but it does change.

The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is? It's a listening, a deep wordless listening.

The opposite of faith isn’t doubt. The opposite of faith is certainty.

It's really important, whether you're a conservative or a liberal, to always challenge the conventional wisdom, which is what I've tried to do in all my work.

If a plus-size woman is not represented in fashion or on TV, what the hell are we doing?

Every time we had a raid, I'd get a boyfriend out of it.

[There is] a breed of fashion models

Man is more sensitive to the contempt that others feel towards him than to the contempt that he feels towards himself.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

The key to all of life is understanding how to add value to others.

If it's broken, it can be fixed.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.