I think our children are afraid to die because we're afraid to die.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

In Cosmic Ordering, we put our trust

It's a tragic fact to die in an accident

My audition song is, and has been since 1977, 'I Love a Piano.

It's easy to make money. You put up the sign Bank and someone walks in and hands you his money. The façade is everything.

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.

Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.

Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality.

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.

The flight experience itself is incredible. It's addictive. It's transcendent. It is a view of the grand plan of all things that is simply unforgettable.