When we fall on the ground it hurts us, but we also need to rely on the ground to get back up.

Just as the waves can subside to reveal the stillness of the ocean's depths, so too is it possible to calm the turbulence of our mind to reveal its natural pristine clarity.

Meditation is not spacing-out or running away. In fact, it is being totally honest with ourselves.

What you do with your time now will dictate how your life will become tomorrow.

I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.

I'm concerned about the role the court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century.

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

Very sad, very upset, very glad I did not have to hear about this though Twitter. Probably going to be taking some time off it for a while.

It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in that.

The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.

Could Shakespeare give a theory of Shakespeare?

There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.