While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.

This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.

There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they're working hard on that in Washington.

People regret not achieving enough success in life, they should regret missing many opportunities in life.

In a balanced viewpoint that includes both masculine and feminine perspective, healing is seen not as a technique, but as a process.

YESTERDAY's lessons should be implemented TODAY for a better TOMORROW.

It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.

I do Comic-Con and stuff all over the world. They can be taxing and they can take it out of you a little bit, but it's just great for the fans. They get such a kick out of it.

The adventure you're ready for is the one you get!

The usages and methods of warfare are thus determined by changing circumstances and, therefore, they themselves can in nowise be eternal.

When we are ready to make positive changes in our lives, we attract whatever we need to help us.