I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.
Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.
Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.
Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open. . . The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.
The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.
Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.
We are going to lead once again by being the best. We're gonna lead economically. We're gonna lead technologically. We're gonna go back to the Moon, we're gonna do whatever we're gonna do. We are going to lead by engaging in American exceptionalism and this is going to inspire others to come along with us. We're not shrinking away from anybody. We are reengaging. That's what Trump is, and that's what Democrats don't see.
Back in the day, you'd walk down to a street corner and see some people making a story with a hat in front of them. It's ancient entertainment, ancient storytelling and oral history - now we're doing it on YouTube.