Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.

The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.

First deal with your own tears; tomorrow do something about acid rain.

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

In masks outrageous and austere The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

When strawberries go begging, and the sleek Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak, We shall live well--we shall live very well.

Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist.

It's not any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.

High heels? Painful pleasure.

No matter how big the risk will be, you're willing to do anything, to get what you want or save yourself.

If we had known everything in this universe, we would have had to find another universe to feed our curiosity, because what keeps alive man is the curiosity!

Now I have realized what the lie is. If I became a tsar, no one would ever dare to tell me a lie. I would have gotten the country under control.

Touching people is very rewarding to me.

The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity.

Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me. I was not mistreated or harmed, but I was also not allowed to leave.

I start thinking about the next movie before it's a success, so I can never have one moment of happiness or peace. I'm instantly thinking about the next one.

I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate.

I don’t get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.