'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

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

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Oh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other.

Dig deep and go where the pain and fear and joy are, and put it out there. The minute you shy away from pure honesty in your writing, you become a liar.

There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.

I don't read "letters" sections of magazines, but I'll read anyone's blog post about me.

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?

The Immaculate Reception became the Zapruder Film of sports.