I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.

Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.

Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.

Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

Growing into your future ... requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is.

If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it.

Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life.

As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.

If you only knew who you really are, you'd be starstruck

Not only is this not love I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Loyalty, respect for authority and some degree of sanctification create a more binding social order that places some limits on individualism and egoism.

Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

Our present political world-view, current in Germany, is based in general on the idea that creative, culture-creating force must indeed be attributed to the state.

If we couldn't laugh, we would all going to go insane.

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

If you want to improve the Affordable Care Act, let's work together. But if you think you're simply going to throw millions off of health insurance, you got another guess coming.

I'd like to be clear that a number of people find me intolerable, and they don't hesitate to say so - which they and I cherish.