There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.

I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.

When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.

One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.

The nature of Buddhism, as I understand it, is to believe that we are all pure and radiant at our core. And yet we see around us so much evidence that people are not acting from a place of purity and radiance.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.