In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.

Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.

Life consists only of moments, nothing more than that. So if you make the moment matter, it all matters

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.

Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views for each other until the culture itself suffers the same mindlessness.

People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will be greater.

When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.

The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.

Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.

You’re going to spend your life doing something you might as well pay the price to get what you want.

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.

Roaming is the easiest part, just wandering around, looking the places, imagining how people lived there at that time, breathing deeply the open air around there and feeling the best.

Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.

We are all gods, all forces of nature. We can destroy, we can build. We are like oceans and like fires.

We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges.

I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.

The domestic war against "terrorists" [code for young protesters] provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations who are becoming more a part of our domestic lives.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.