This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn't working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.

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I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

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Human beings only use ten percent of their brains. Ten percent! Can you imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other sixty percent?

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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

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Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.

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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.

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The word "yoga" literally means "uniting", because when you're doing it you are uniting your mind and your body. You can tell this almost immediately because your mind will be thinking, "Ouch, that hurts," and your body will say, "I know." And your mind will think, "You have to get out of this position." And your body will say, "I agree with you, but I can't right now. I think I'm stuck.

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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.

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