I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.

It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.