Reality is based on perception

Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.

The person that angers you most, teaches you best

Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.

I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.

Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.

I train for the first shot – it’s all I need.

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Whatever inspires you fires you.

It's all in the reflexes.

Order is heaven's first law. Order is earth's first law, too.

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.

Sometimes, growing up, I tried to be very Latina; I would change my voice... experiment with my hair a lot, trying to figure out who I was in a primarily white school.

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.

The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short.

Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.