I do so love hearing people speak passionately on any subject, other than themselves.

To hold the courage to let another witness our tears, while refuting fears invitation to shield face, is to grant the most privileged of all loving intimacies to them.

Darkness is the womb from which a poet is born.

We all have the same pallet of emotional paints. It is how we pigment them on the canvas of life that dictates our artistry.

Sometimes you come to realize you understand something but you can’t explain it to anyone, not even yourself. This is perhaps the most sacred kind of understanding.

I guess it was what my friend Phoolendu at the yoga studio would call kismet. That's like fate, but much more dramatic.

Sitting meditation begins with good posture.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.

I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.

you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a logical way.