Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well as mind.

Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.

When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

Christianity is at its purest a philosophy about a person, Jesus Christ, and at its dirtiest a philosophy about requirements and law.

Being right is massively overrated, especially when it comes at the expense of being compassionate and kind.

The first day or so we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day, we were aware of only one Earth.

The West is boring itself to death! And talking itself to death!

Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin.

The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.

People need service - great service where music is concerned.

I guess my strongest recurring theme is honoring love, even when it's lost.

I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate.