The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.

A scattered mind will produce scattered results.

A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours.

If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud.

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

I'm excited to win a pole at Atlanta, one of the tracks you look forward to qualifying at every single year, and really happy to beat Ryan Newman, who is hard to beat here.

Wherever you are you will always be in my heart.

I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.

Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.

My motto is: look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best at any age.

Every green natural place we save saves a fragment of our sanity and gives us a little more hope that we have a future.