What allows us as human beings to psychologically survive life on earth with all of its pain drama and challenges is a sense of purpose and meaning.

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on.

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

If she is wrong educate her, don't belittle her..

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?

Every time you come in from cheating on someone, they'll just whip out the most adorable term of endearment. Like, they'll wake up, bright and early, sleep in their eyes and say: "Hey, perfect."

Obviously there is a lot more ecstasy in the spirit than in the flesh but the flesh has its moments!

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?

Literature can teach us how to live before we live, and how to die before we die. I believe that writing is practice for death, and for every (other) transformation human beings encounter.

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough.

When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.

The Olympics is really awesome, but for some snowboarders, it's not the biggest thing in the world.

The late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood.