It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.
If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.
When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving.
When you ride the wave, the thrill is so exhilarating that you forget everything else. You live in the moment where nothing else matters, so intent on riding the wave perfectly that you and the wave become one. Pain and worry disappear, replaced by euphoria, akin to flow. Similarly, when giving empathy, you want to strive for this kind of total presence for the person you are listening to.
Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, 'What nonsense!' shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation.
Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.
The human body is the most complex system ever created. The more we learn about it, the more appreciation we have about what a rich system it is.
Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion
It's hard to fall in love with somebody, and then break up and not have feelings for that same person.
Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing. . . Oh my God! Ooh. . . Wow. . . You can see colors through music. Anything!