True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

You'll never know your strength if you avoid your challenges

If you want to do it, you can do it.

The wisdom to quit is all we have left.

When you're 84, a 70-year-old is still pretty young.

You need energy and life force to see and feel what you need to do. Otherwise you are in a dark room and you can't tell what's going on. You need to practice meditation.

Does nobody understand?

The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with the audience, and if my music is helpful to them, that's the award.

Never strike anyone so old, small or weak that verbal abuse would have sufficed.

It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.