The young... are full of hope and discontent... And the old are those who were once discontented, but who have successfully smothered that flame and have found security and comfort in various ways.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

There is no power outside of man. Man has created God out of fear. So the problem is fear and not God.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

If ours souls are thirsty, we can draw freely, livng water from the well of salvation.

People tell me not to cook, drive, or touch anything for the sake of world peace.

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8, 000.

I just made pictures I would've liked to see.

All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of a hundred years is laid up in the bole of the oak.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

Downsizing trends and the changing global market require people to reinvent themselves and think like entrepreneurs.

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and we say this is one nation under God.

Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.

We have all forgot more than we remember.