The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

One must first learn to heal people to be great. To hurt people is easy.

What does it take to change the essence of a man?

People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

The secret is not to act, but to be.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

I do not follow any tradition. I may stand at the beginning of one.

Opposable thumbs are overrated.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

Work-get paid; don't work-don't get paid. Everybody is on commission

Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.

I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.