...two different kinds of Japanese psychotherapies, one based on getting people to stop using feelings as an excuse for their actions and the other based on getting people to practice gratitude.

If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything.

I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time.

That's one of the amazing things great books like this do - they don't just get you to see the world differently, they get you to look at people, the people all around you, differently.

It was the women of afghanistan, my mother believed, who-once they’d been granted access to books and education- would be the salvation of the country

I think it's because it shows that people--or hobbits, as the case may be--can find strength they didn't know they had.

...mindfulness - it isn't a trick or a gimmick. It's being present in the moment. When I'm with you, I'm with you. Right now. That's all. No more and no less.

You can only do what you can, and what doesn't get done, just doesn't get done.

Oh, dear--did I forget to mention that you can, indeed, have it all, but you need a lot of help!

The thing about Americans, ” she said, “is that you’re very concerned about everything all the time.

The greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention...

You know, when it works, love is amazing. It's not overrated.

A sight to touch e’en hatred’s self with pity.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

A cluttered refrigerator door is to a growing family what a wet nose is to a healthy dog.

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

What I really don't like is oversimplification.

Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?