Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires that are in alignment with core beliefs genera….

Capitalism is the only engine credible enough to generate mass wealth. I think it's imperfect, but we're stuck with it. And thank God we have that in….

Awakening into love is a lifelong path..

The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot sol….

America is a country that is now utterly divided when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas. I live ….

You have the capacity to change the plot line of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before you can remember. No matter ….

You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that..

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before..

There were a lot of video store owners and managers out of work, once pornography became more about streaming and downloads. But the other thing is t….

Only the human heart can live in present moment awareness. The human mind cannot, because its essential nature is to ponder the past and plan the fut….

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. is a fine actor and I've always felt some residual guilt that we killed him so early in The Wire. It was always planned that wa….

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion..

I feel like if you know any women who's an essayist or a writer or a public speaker or just a public person, and they have any presence at all in any….

Reality is ultimately a selective act of perception and interpretation. A shift in our perception and interpretation enables us to break old habits a….

When we were kids coming up, if you stole your dad's Playboy magazine, that was about as much of an education as you were gonna get. You finish looki….

It is your birthright to have a life of meaning and purpose. Whether or not the people in your life have consistently celebrated your incarnation, yo….

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new m….

Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel the emotions of lo….

You are worthy of love and you deserve to be happy. You have these beautiful qualities and many more because you are living the gift of a human incar….

Laughter is a symptom of spirituality. Laughter is the flow of love coursing through your body. Laughter is the nectar of present moment awareness. I….

African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth today, the greatest single ….