if we really look at our actions with eyes of love, we see that our lives can be more straightforward, simpler, less sculpted by regret and fear, more in alignment with our deepest values.

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.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

Disney is a delight, someone who ... sweeps those around him along on his dream.

I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now.

The meaning of life is to see.

I don't feel like I have a normal day if I don't exercise or work out.

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.

I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.

It's like being a little kid again, parading around in a nightgown tucked into your underpants, believing it looks terrific.

I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.