we are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.

With meditation I found a ledge above the waterfall of my thoughts.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy top. When I'm carved into a rose, I turn brown and wither.

The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen.

When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.

How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? One, as long as the lightbulb wants to change.

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Family drama is a trade off for having family.

Thus we try to keep our heroes alive

Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there.

A translucent person appears to glow as if from the inside. It's as though they've been lit up from inside and they appear to emit light.

This girl (Stephanie) is but a few months away from her seventeenth birthday and already she has saved the world and killed a god. What have you done?

Recycle your pain, allow your pain to reach you to greatness.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.

Technology grows and so does loneliness.

Same way I have my entire life. Keep my family and friends close. My Latino friends close. I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can.