Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

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.

Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain.

There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree

We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming

Planning stuff out sucks. If you plan stuff out, you wind up talking in a very monotonous, unnatural way.

A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win.

Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something.

I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency.

Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment industry is an impossibility; they are not coming. You have to make your own.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.