“Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.”

“To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.”

“Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.”

“So that's what it's all about! You put your whole self in, you take your whole self out; you put your whole self in and you shake it all about. The idea is that by doing whatever you're doing with all of you, you can then take all of you out. The trick is how to do both.”

“Life is not about finding your true self, but creating who you wish to be.”

“This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other with more integrity, more curiosity, more wholeheartedness.”