One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change.

You should not have to burn your hand every day to feel the mystery of fire.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle.

For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.

Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality.