Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.

Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.

Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”“That is the only time a man can be brave,

One does not go to Moscow to get fat.

I've spent a lot of time off planet.

It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on the teacher. All of the real important answers to life's questions lie within your own mind.

I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].

Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.

Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.

You just do it one step at a time.

. . . he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting.

What I adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don't imagine should go together