We can change the brain by changing the mind.

Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.

The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.

We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.

Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.

Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.

The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?

The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.

Spatial working memory is impaired by stress.

Happiness and well-being are actually best regarded as skills.

I wouldn't consider myself a Buddhist or a card-carrying zealot at all. My first commitment is as a scientist to uncover the truth about all this.

I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.

The mind is a powerful tool.

When I ran, I didn't have any money. Now, it requires raising hundreds of millions of dollars just to get the nomination, and I don't care to be involved in that process.

Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does

Surely the hold of great music on the listener is precisely this: that the listener is made whole; and at the same time part of an image of infinite grace and grandeur which is creation.

Love is the reflection of God's unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer

One of the things Wall Street does not like is ambiguity. Now that the agreement is there, it begins to make the future look a little less cloudy, and that's positively received by Wall Street.

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.