Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Eric has said that I carry close to my chest a ball of barbed wire that I sometimes throw at other people.

I will fill my life with so much of positivity, happiness and brilliance that God will one day say with utmost pride, "This is the most amazing Kaleidoscope to view".

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.

The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.

I like fantasy. I like worlds where sometimes you need the special effects to make it come alive, but it's not so fun acting it.

I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.

That's the ultimate thing I want to do in making music - to be able to inspire somebody else.

Education is not the only answer and it's certainly not the immediate solution. At best, it's a necessary, but not sufficient response to widening inequality.