This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

Chess demands total concentration

Thinking is hard work. That's why there are so few people doing it.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors.

I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.

Don't eat anything incapable of rotting.

Things are as bad and as good as they seem. There's no need to add anything extra.

I get very involved in the internal logic of sentences.

I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.