We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.

To forgive does not mean to forget.

My ideal travel companions are my surfboard, wetsuit, and guitar.

In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism - this idea of my own personal fulfillment.

Personality, too, is destiny.

Neutrino physics is largely an art of learning a great deal by observing nothing.

America and China need to understand each other.

The person with a plan, a picture, will go after thoughts that add value to their thinking.

It were a journey like the path to heaven, To help you find them.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.