“I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I’m here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.”

“Each new effort brings you closer to the one that might really work. The key is to stick with it until you achieve your weight and health goals—that's my definition of a true success story.”

“I haven’t yet met anyone who successfully made their body over without finding that their lives changed in ways—wonderful ways—that they had never imagined.”

“When you eat right and exercise, you are...treating yourself with respect and acknowledging that you deserve to be healthy and happy.”

“Like hunger or thirst, the instinct for balance is built into the human body.”

“You have to be going somewhere to have the energy to get there.”

“It’s also very helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now...with its aches and its pleasures...is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.”

“Healthy sexuality—healthy love—is about having a healthy body, it's about having a creative spirit, and it's about having an open heart. ”