Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life’s challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short.

The big one was at least cute, and as annoying as she was, you couldn't get mad at a golden retriever.

Have you heard that a smile is the shortest distance between people? I love that! There is nothing like a genuine smile to create a first impression with positive impact.

I went to art school when I was little.

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it.

I'm sort of...coming off a bad relationship," "When did it end?" "Slightly before it started.