In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

To put it quite crudely ... the poor don't really know how the rich live, and the rich don't know how the poor live, and to find out is really enchanting to both of them.

My name's Peter. Can I play too?

Bad news, it's going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.

I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

Posterity will pay everyone their due.