I have noticed if I pull from fear or despair about the state of the world, I get tired, ineffective, afraid and sometimes mean-spirited.

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.

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

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.

The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is - my point is, there's a strong will for democracy.

It's basically impossible for everybody's justice to prevail or everybody's happiness to triumph, so chaos takes over.

Offside killed my team. They are not God. They made a mistake and I understand. I don't want three points, I just want 'sorry.'

Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.

But treat dimes fair and I'm bigger than the city lights down in times square

I'm sick of the old cliches. Bring me some new cliches.

I'm Irish. We think sideways

Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and give