Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow.

Remember the importance of small actions. They're the building blocks in the architecture of your life, the quiet victories you win for yourself each day.

When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?

Leaders are not buffeted about by circumstance. They make what is into what might be, transforming challenging situations by means of courage and insight.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They are more afraid of life than death.

Not failure, but low aim is sin.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

I had to jump out of a plane! The shoot was for an editorial for a magazine; and it called for skydiving.

Embrace controversy. It gives you a platform. It nudges you to clarity.

But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice, and dull in every other.

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.