I practice Buddhist philosophy and contemplation but I don't know if I'm more of anything.

I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.

So maybe that's what the difference is, is that when you intend to be happy, then you figure out ways to sustain your happiness or your ability to feel moments of joy in your life.

once you laugh at you own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Mabye........ combat some the ugliness in the world.

Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. To me it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy.

One of Buddhism’s main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.