Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

Those moments you spend for love are the extraordinary moments of life.

Everyday people are not very good designers.

There’s a hollow where he used to be, and it echoes with self-imposed loss.

It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child.

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination.

I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.

I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through.

Imagine the potential of an emerging global brain.