Mastery does not exist.

We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind.

Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.

The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.

My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.

You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.

There is no higher calling than service to your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. Cultivate this gift, and give it away.

Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes.

Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are.

The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become.

Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.

I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong.

When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

The best thing that could ever happen to any one of us is that all our sins would be broadcast on the 5 o' clock news.

Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.

Working with Gabby [Sidibe], I realized immediately that she was amazingly talented. I could tell just by the way she'd get into the role.

The Truth is in the prolouge. Death to the romantic fool., the expert in solitary confinement.

When I workout early in the morning, the rest of the day feels so much better.