No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)

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.

His ruby red rimmed moist eyes were two glasses of cranberry. He wore a cashmere sweater the color of Earl Grey tea...

May you always have angels to walk with you on the right path.

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.

For me, things were either very sullied or very pure, very controlled or very under-controlled.

I don't understand why a 40 is a quarter of beer when a 40 is 40 ounces. It's time to embrace the metric system.

I have always felt that if I am very personal and connected with what I myself am living, my writing will transcend ecclesial boundaries.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

Our days pass by, and are scored against us.

I think that's a really cool thing about my line. There are so many sets, but you can literally mix and match everything with everything.