The mind is still there even when thoughts are not.

Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.

Pilgrimages of mind or walking meditation - bringing moments of illumination in which the sense of relationship to the rest of existence suddenly stands out with startling and unexpected clarity.

Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

Through the experience of meditation itself, the meditator becomes conscious that the practice of meditation is an end in itself rather than a means towards an end.

Sometimes, the intent is good enough when the action seems impossible.

I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.

Like a lot of people whose children were small in the 2000s, I read [Daniel Handler] books out loud and I loved them.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I could never have dreamed the life I lead. Given where I started, it's remarkable to me the constant adventure that my life has become.

The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions.

I'm not looking for artistic license with the script. I tend to arrive at a form with the script and feel that that should be for the time being what we aim for.

The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.