We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.

Marriage: a deeply peculiar and ultimately unkind thing to inflict on anyone one claims to care for.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

No one can tell you what your heart should feel.

Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.

To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.

What I do on my solo stuff is just the most natural version of who I am, and I’m trying to represent the feelings that I’m feeling as purely as possible

Sexism is so five minutes ago. I think for the most part, people accept that women are as competent as men.

If any of you have ever lived down south of the Mason-Dixon line, you know that late September still means summer heat.