All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them

Let us respect the unique character and the personal world of each and every human being

Our belief in our divinity will rewrite our life, and create it anew

Originally, each human being is a complete and perfect existence. At the same time, we are each living within the one great, large-scale perfection.

Focus on the moment, not when you are praying with your intellect, but when you are fully experiencing the prayer

Escape is a process, not a pill.

Knowledge, you may get from books but wisdom is trapped within you, release it.

A good life fears not life nor death.

I think TV shows have usurped films!

The essence of the modern state is the union of the universal with the full freedom of the particular, and with the welfare of individuals.

Going to Morocco was massive; that's where I really found music which had the African syncopation and swing mixed with Arabic strains, and together they had this transporting, bittersweet quality.

Man is the center of a circle without a circumference, except the one he creates for himself.

But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.