If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.

If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you.

I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of balancing the two. It was only later, after admitting this dream, that I noticed the happy coincidence that all these countries begin with the letter I. A fairly auspicious sign, it seemed, on a voyage of self-discovery.

meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking

When I read the article [in The New Yorker] by David Grann, I was very struck by people responding to the article, of people thinking I was such a hero and what a wonderful person I was, and I didn't feel that at all. I felt like I had very much, like Todd [Willingham], taken a path of self-preservation.

Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction.

Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.