Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

All my life I wanted to play golf like Jack Nicklaus, and now I do.

My own interest in Yoga came from a vague understanding of Indian thought and Indian philosophy in the late sixties and early seventies and from looking at the idea of meditation and at what meditation was.

In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it's the one.

...Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right-now cancers cannot afford.

Yoga aims to bring about a situation where the mind is quieter and more effective. It's not only about relaxation, it's also about improving our energy. It's about making us more decisive and at the same time better able to judge a situation clearly.

The years don't always add wisdom, but they do add perspective.