When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence you have, over the time you have.

The road to success is always under construction.

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.

It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.

When you say "I" and "my" too much, you lose the capacity to understand the "we" and "our".

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.

Things are not real, but they are the reflection of our imaginations and perceptions.

Fall is the season of beauty and delicious food. Be grateful for the change of scenery, and try observing it to get more book ideas.

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

I became friends with a lot of chefs. I was a judge on 'Top Chef' last year. It was a dream come true.

Nature is a series of murders.

Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling.

More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.

I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.

God is more interested in the workman than in the work.