We are able to choose what we want - you don't have to accept one thing from one tradition. It's a melting pot.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

If I have more than one life, I would definitelydedicate this one entirely to you." - MAGNETIC REVERIE

You don't drown because you can't breathe. You drown because you try to breathe what is not breathable.

The soul should always stand ajar ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.

Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.

I was married once before, and I stopped.

Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them.

You'll be alive', he pointed out. 'That's what matters. Enjoy what you have, every little detail of wherever you are. Don't focus on where you aren't.