Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

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.

Life’s best lessons are learned during the most painful experiences.

People see me as Andre first. Then they see me as someone who happens to be a Muslim.

We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun.

Yet the Teaching is simple. Do what is right. Be pure. At the end of the way is freedom.

Having fun unleashes creativity. It is one of the seeds you plant to get ideas

No man is an island unto himself.

At fifty you realize that you are no longer a kid. I ignored forty. It was like I was almost at middle age. Maybe it's the baby boomer thing. But undeniably, I am a man. I have to accept [mortality].

Could I just use the loo?” I asked the nice officer. “No.” She closed the door in my face, As if I might rig an explosion in the toilet. Honestly.

I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre.

If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.