I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.

You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action.

For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine line between trying to be helpful and just putting more junk out there.

The most important thing is having the right mind - a mind that can see it. Once you have an open mind, you see a lot of auspicious coincidence taking place.

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

A lot of people dabbling means Buddhism has come into the mainstream, where people begin to use these terms and ideas, and they become less foreign.