I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.

There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.

When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.

Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.

Ultimate success for a carbon tax would mean so complete a shift to renewable energy that the tax would stop raising much revenue at all.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.