We are born with the seed of joy; it is up to us to nurture it.

Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle.

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.

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.

We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate.

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

If we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself.