“I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives.”

“Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.”

“The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.”

“Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.”

“Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.”

“I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.”

“You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.”

“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”

“Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone.”