There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.

As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.

Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything.

I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

We can only see what our brain’s filter allows through.

We - each of us - are intricately, irremovably connected to the larger universe.

Our spirit is not dependent on the brain or body. It is eternal, and no one has one sentence worth of hard evidence that it isn’t.

Physical life is characterized by defensiveness, whereas spiritual life is just the opposite.

A story-a true story-can heal as much as medicine can.

It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey.

The older we get the more we realize that service to others is the only way to stay happy. If we do nothing to benefit others we will do nothing to benefit ourselves.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it.

If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.

We're involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.

O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

I love Shakespeare. In Shakespeare, tragedy is not just something that's bad. It's something that could be good and is bad.

When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?