So there you have it: you must believe in something...and that is universal! Believing in nothing is a belief system in itself.

The road to empowerment starts from self-awareness

I am empowered but have no power to compel anyone to do anything

Destroying oneself, he thought ruefully, should always be done at a deliberate pace.

I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Well, I get excited about music.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.

I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what is going on.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

Joining the Sangha and renouncing worldly life is necessary in order to devote your whole life and all your energies toward the Dharma.