I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although the forms of stress may change from culture to culture, and from time to time.

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary "surfing" and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.