“I was good at embarrassing authority. It was fun. There's a fearlessne...” — Tara Stiles Quote

“I was good at embarrassing authority. It was fun. There's a fearlessness that goes along with being a kid.”

“I think yoga should be for everyone, not just the folks who change their name to something Hindu.”

“We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives.”

“For me, meditation is a practice to get rid of useless junk cluttering my mind and useless ticks inhabiting my body.”

“Fears, insecurities, and the need to please can rule our lives. Our society is economically and socially set up for us to live under these pressures in order to maintain its control and survival.”

“My instincts led me to meditate in the woods when I was a kid. I would emerge at sunset and announce to my family that we are all connected beings. I would watch the grass grow and dance with trees and realize that I was a necessary part of the inter-workings of the world.”

“American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.”

“I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.”

“We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.”

“But the government spying on me was not done under the authority of a court warrant. That's why my case is even more dangerous than the others.”

“The world doesn't understand the system here. The authority of the people. You don't understand it.”

“I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.”