Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.

Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

I don't miss my prayers and I don't miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.

The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.

Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

Anyone whose mission is keeping people apart is swimming against a very strong tide.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!