Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest...

It feels great to be alive.

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

The bosses can't read your mind, so I think women should tell them what they want out of their careers.

I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.

I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.

If your mom was here, she would flip her top over your grades." "Flip her lid," I muttered.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless