As flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.

Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

You are a cosmic flower. Om chanting is the process of opening the psychic petals of that flower.

Science of yoga and ayurveda is subtler than the science of medicine, because science of medicine is often victim of statistical manipulation.

When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.

Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another.

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.

Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.

Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back.

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.

I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be.

I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.

For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.

Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.

I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life.

I don't want to be one of those guys, but Snape DOES kill Dumbledore.