Reality, in its essence, consists not of particles interacting pointlessly in anindependent physical plane, but rather of values, psychological elements ofmind, made real.

Indeed, of the major religions, Islam offers no discernible sliver of valid notion for How Life Works.

You are the only real authority in your life, but you yield that status to so many externals by believing in them, by having been punished or forced into accepting them.

Because your life is a reflection of your inner Self, causality comes exclusively in changing your own nature, not trying to change the external world out there by manipulating it.

When, and only when, you clearly see the inner roots to an outer condition, can you change them and thus it.

There is no other force, no other determining factor, no external cause to the cohesive unfolding of your life’s episodes – only your composite inner nature. Change that and you change your life.

Vocal cords are not rental units. No Hebrew prophet, nor Mohammed, nor any founder of any cult or religion ever spoke the words of anybody but themselves.

The only creative force capable of causally revising your experienced reality is your power to change your Self.

It must be obvious that the Reality we all encounter only works one way, and it functions that way regardless of what the experiencer believes.

Whatever beliefs and definitions you hold will seem to be true.

Beliefs and definitions never clarify how Reality works -- they only distort perception of it.

I tried to make sense of things. Now that I think about it, I have always tried. It could be my epitaph. LEO GURSKY: HE TRIED TO MAKE SENSE.

I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25 or 30 takes.

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.

I guess really having a good support group around me and talking about what I've gone through is important.

[The wall will be] ten feet taller. And every time they [Mexicans] protest, it's going to go up a little bit higher.

The papacy is an impossible job. So the best thing Catholics can do for the pope is to pray for him.

I use my awards as doorsteps. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library – they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces

A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!