This much I do know - I'm exhausted by the cumulative consequences of a lifetime of hasty choices and chaotic passions.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

I was seduced by the idea that even in the dark, we are still as complex and detailed as we are in the light.

Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.

Love is great for us, but we don't always love who is great for us.

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.

I've got a good right hook.

I promise. I promise, you have my heart, and you have me. You will always have me.

We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.

It's one thing when you are photographing others, but when you are exposing yourself and your insecurities, that's the biggest risk. That's always scary.