No one has the answer; only you know the way home.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed.

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.

Every sentence, every phrase, every word has to fight for its life.

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

The kids who come backstage that have cancer or whatever, make them laugh and smile for a little while, what's the problem with that? There isn't any.

It is not man who pursues truth, but truth man.

We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

When you go searching, you never know what you will find.