People love stories and the more you can give information and knowledge and even wisdom through a story, the more likely you are to be heard.

Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.

For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.

One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.

While the mind lives in the past and the future, the body lives in the now.

We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure.