Life is a series of choices that are made in the present moment.

Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.

we have become masters of projection—pushing the responsibility for our own thoughts outward so that the consequences of our thoughts become someone else's problem.

Meditation alone cannot heal the world, but it can and does speed up the healing process.

The hardest part of any yoga practice is rolling out your mat.

When infused with compassion, even the most useless snake oils have the power to heal broken hearts and shattered souls.

The narrow edge between comfort and discomfort is to a yogi what a grain of sand is to an oyster.

The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.

Instead of asking, “How can I ease my suffering?” yoga would have us ask, “How can I better serve my brothers and sisters?” Because only in answering the latter can we hope to answer the former.

Standing at the end of a diving board looking at the water never made the water warmer, but it will make taking the plunge unnecessarily hard.

Sculpting the future and healing the past can only happen through mindful action in the present moment.

All progress begins with a decision. Effective leadership requires decisive action. Embrace the process of deciding, yet recognize when you have reached a choice point.

You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is...Whoever wins, that's who decides the history.

Thinking about what's beyond thought, is opening up your mind to tap into infinite intelligence designed to expand your consciousness.

Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.

My wife is beautiful but she can't run anything.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.

I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows.

What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

A life to hold, or to see slip through uncaring and inattentive hands, but always a life. And given one, we wish for two, or three, or more, so easily forgetting the one we had was spent unwisely