And one of the powers of mindfulness is the ability to get to that frame of mind on demand.

Happiness is not something that you pursue; it is something that you allow. Happiness is just being.

What if compassion is also profitable? What if compassion is also good for business?

When the mind is un-agitated, when the mind is calm, that mind is most conducive to creative problem solving.

My job description is to enlighten minds, open hearts and create world peace.

Top managers love people and they want to be loved - it turns out being loved is good for your career, especially if you are the boss.

Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.

Overworking leads to exhaustion.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets.

I don't want to do action that doesn't mean anything. Everything I do I want to have character development and three-dimensional characters, fallible humans, and this is definitely one of them.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

No, there are some location shoots in Vegas, maybe four trips a year. It's shot in Santa Clarita, CA.

Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something.

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.