...to make art is to realize another's sadness within, realize the hidden sadness in other people's lives, to feel sad with and for a stranger.

You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes.

Evangelicals now stand among those who are on easiest terms with the world, for they have lost their capacity for dissent.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

Some consider me as a living Buddha. That's nonsense. That's silly. That's wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that's probably okay.

Stop competing on price; compete on value. Deliver total consumer solutions, rather than just your piece of the solution.

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.

My Yoga practice is number one, straight physical exercises are number two, and when I can do neither, I focus on the breath. Make sure I drink enough water and get enough sleep.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.

I have a big mouth, and I never met a petition I didn't like, so of course in the McCarthy days I got in trouble.