We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.

Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

Don't clap I'm not a jazz band for Christ's sake.

Work restores humankind and all its attributes to the savage animal condition that was its original intended state.

What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now.

When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, The power of Love flows forth.

The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me - if I wait - it comes!

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.