Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

Diversity is good. We need each other's ideas.

Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don't fail as often.

Losing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates.

Don't be afraid to take bad pictures, because good pictures are the mistakes of bad pictures.

We ought to assure the public that we'll have a full and complete and transparent investigation whenever there's a loss of life because of police action.

I went to a restaurant with my friend, and he said, "Pass the salt." I said, "Screw you! Sit closer to the salt."

Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.

But happiness isn't like unhappiness. You recover from it!