Rural America's not coming back. That idea was lost with the Industrial Revolution.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

Keep trying! You will succeed at the sacred time.

Vehicles are one of the best modes of transportation. Relationships are one of the best vehicles of transformation.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.

Flowers produce an effect on me which can only be produced in an equal degree by music.

Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.

You guys are more talented than anyone in the Tumblr office or in Palo Alto or Sunnyvale. We're constantly in awe, constantly in service.

Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.

Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.

Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books