Some well-to-do parents may say, "I have a right to have as many children as I want because I can take care of them." That may be so, but can the Earth take care of them?

All breathing beings are spiritual; this includes everyone who breathes, whether they are animals or humans, carnivores or vegetarians.

Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.

Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.

Eating a vegetarian diet can contribute more to saving ourselves and the planet than any other single effort.

The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.

We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.

Where were you then?Who else was there?Saying what?Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly when I am sad and feel you are far away?

I am still hoping to see an America that would gradually move beyond race, only in times when old ideas would no longer lives and the new will grow with the young generation.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

What you burnt, broke, and tore is still in my hands. I am the keeper of fragile things and I have kept of you what is indissoluble.

Do I have a message? Yes, I do. Here's my message: as scary as the world is – and it is – it is merely a ride ...

Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

[My] style evolved, not changed, but I think evolved as I grew and matured. I don't think there was any kind of change I did in a deliberate way - I think I just evolved.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate. When you communicate comfortably, regardless of what you're saying, it can always be processed.