“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ”

“Purity or impurity depends on oneself. No one can purify another.”

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.”

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

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

“Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.”

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

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

When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.

The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.

The Internet is crazy, and I love it!

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.

Technically I can get out of my wheelchair and crawl around and do things, but when I've traveled and they've lost my wheelchair in transit, I feel like I need to be bound to it. My functionality and autonomy are often bound to this.

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.

Writing was not my medium. I preferred to do video.

The most important thing is to have the conversation, and let people who do make mistakes feel comfortable enough to continue the conversation.

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.

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.