We must question every inner-belief we possess without fear or attachment.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

The future is a world limited by ourselves-in it we discover only what concerns us.

Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

First thought, best thought. I live by that when I make my own music.

Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else.

Going to bed with Gertrude Stein, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Susan Sontag, or Margaret Thatcher: There are some things one prefers neither to do nor to have done.

People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.

The study of yoga makes me inspired.

The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.