“I urge people to be a scientist about what they want and ask themselves why they want it so badly.”

I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now.

Perhaps they are chasing an illusory dream. But if you want to learn, to expand, to be of service, you will find a way.

The depth of the ocean is calm, but on the surface, there are always waves. If you dive deep in your life, your life can be bliss.

When I found those things, I felt liberated. I found resilience of spirit, realized I had much to offer and gained abundance.

No matter who you are, you have a giant self.

It’s a challenge that we also feel more than any other time because it’s in the news and social media. It’s in our families.

I say to this generation: “We must encourage these kids.” Tell them they are wonderful and capable. Be their cheerleader.

There are those who need walks in nature or they feel depressed. Your linchpin is the pin that makes the wheel go. If you lose it, the wheel falls apart.

Maybe your path is completely different from what you imagined.

More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger.

She helped me wake up to the fact that I had a source of creativity that was my true creative nature and when I embraced it and asked for this presence in my life.

In my own life, there were many things that didn’t happen for me in the outside world, but that gave me an opportunity to look inside to find my spirit, my courage, my confidence and ultimately, to find my heart.

Contemplating the immensity of our cosmos can make you feel very small and insignificant. But think about it.

There is division with people in our lives, as well as political division and religious division.

I felt as if the dam of the Niagra Falls had burst and all sorts of wonderful things started to happen when I found my voice.

How many times have you prayed or asked or said you needed help, when suddenly somebody showed up in your life? We are all connected through our thoughts.

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.

I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn’t know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen.

The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

In the world of comedy, there’s this: “If it’s going badly, get off. If it’s going well, get off”. You can’t argue with that either.

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood.

Whatever obstacles you face, remember you can get through anything if you want to badly enough.