Being extra nice to someone can be a form of manipulation--kindness is an exercise of power in its own right.

Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion.

I thought to myself, 'No matter what happens from now on, even if my heart ends up in pieces, this makes it all worth it, this moment.

The most beautiful moments always seemed to accelerate and slip beyond one’s grasp just when you want to hold onto them for as long as possible.

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.

Meditation is one of the most direct and powerful ways to awaken to who we really are and to experience happiness as a state of consciousness that already exists within us.

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

If you can't trust the Bible's history, how can you trust its morality?

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

Every kind of writing is hypocritical.

If we are truly in love with Christ and if we sense how much he loves us, our heart will 'light up' with a joy that spreads to everyone around us.