I've always said that I think one of the best and cheapest ways to become healthier and happier is through mindfulness exercises like meditation.

People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives.

If we don't know ourselves, our essence, where our true power comes from, we will believe our power comes from collecting victories, trophies, money, or recognition. And these are all fine, but it's not ultimately what life is about. When we think it is, we really waste our greatest possibilities.

America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex.

Have you noticed that when we die, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success?

A little learning is a dangerous thing. I must say that Rush Limbaugh is increasingly becoming a warning to kids of the perils of dropping out of school.

What preoccupies us is the way we define success. If you see your life purely in terms of money and power, then everything in your life becomes about 'Am I getting ahead?' and that is truly a barbaric way to live, because it eliminates huge chunks of our humanity.