Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

“If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.”

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

“It is ridiculous to think that somebody else can make you happy or unhappy.”

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.

I feel a lot of personal responsibility to undo the negative stereotypes. I know that it's not coming from a bad place. It's coming from an ignorant place. I can sort of be an ambassador in a subtle way to say, "This is what I am: a comedian, a show host, a writer." It will still always be part of the conversation and people will want to focus on it because there is a culture that is so embedded that if you have a disability, you're someone to be either admired just for living, or be pitied for having to struggle.

What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people.

No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional.

You may not have a physical impairment, but you have things, whether it's finances, self-esteem, it doesn't matter. It's cut from the same cloth.

We'd done a couple of road trips with my big chair, and it was such a hassle if we didn't have the van with the foldout ramp. I figured: There's got to be some option that I can use on the go. Now I can go anywhere with my friends, which is a big, life-changing thing. I can sit on it for as long as I need to.

We did a book signing and people came up to me. There was an expectant mother who was like, "I think we might name our child Zach because of your work."

If everything was perfect, it would always be a person-first conversation, but whenever I have the opportunity, I lead with my personality. If they're looking and seeing the disability first or the chair first, I know that I have the ability to change that.

I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability." Does that automatically trigger something in you that denies someone their personhood?

You can never walk a mile in someone elses shoes, but you can walk a mile in your own and be proud of it.

There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to dismiss them. My whole thing is bringing us down to everyone else's level and saying we're all the same. The struggle is the same.

CP is a struggle, but it's also been quite the tool for me to find success and deliver a message. It's something about me that's unique, so it'll open a few doors as well as keep a few closed. If you have the other tools that you develop as an individual, talents, things like that, you can harness this to do positive things in the world.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.”

“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”