It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it's our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.

Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain. To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us. The therapeutic slogan is that grieving is the ‘healing feeling.’

Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love.

I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.