Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

There is so much we just can't see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out.

When we don’t allow setbacks to defeat us, they become opportunities for learning, acceptance, flexibility, and patience.

Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment

Every time we forget to breathe or our minds wander or we’re hijacked by feelings or sensations, we gently bring ourselves back to the breath, again and again.

We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.

Meditation is not about what's happening, it is about how we're relating to what's happening.

Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart

When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.

I do enjoy reading some science fiction.

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

With media, it's never bad-to-good. It's always just moving from different to different. Faster, more stuff, but there's always good, more good, and more bad.

Order (self-organizat ion): Set aside time to plan how you will spend your time. Think about what’s most important. Then do those things first.

You cannot teach what you don't know. You cannot give energy if you're not on fire on the inside.

And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

I try to tell the kids, Im not trying to run away from where I came from.

Shuffling really isn't something you should be doing on your deathbed.

We need to cut subsidy leakages, not subsidies themselves.