The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

It's important to lighten up a bit!

Never put a single thought of weakness in the flourishing minds of the children. Fill them up with vigour and compassion, for their character will define the future of the entire human species.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

I often said that never in the history of the world did one man receive so much faith and trust as Hitler. Similary, no one has ever betrayed so many people and abused so much good faith as he did.

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through.

Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.

The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams.

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?