True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

What makes human life - which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

You want to not have any problems.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.

What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

This will never come again

[T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

If leadership is the way forward, vision is its walking stick.

Even the proud in all their boasting, must fall silent before the wise.

The worst choice you can make, is no choice at all.

I had a dream about you last night... in it, we wondered why dogs come in packs but you can't pack dogs.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A ROSE WILL POSSESS THE ROSE'S FRAGRANCE.

The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.

I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.

The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.