At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.

To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break.

The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.

Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

I'm not much of cook, but I cook a mean bowl of oatmeal.

I think what I've learned from working on "Moonlight" is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience.

I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundaries.

Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.

The freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in which I wanted it.

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.

But recognizing the ridiculousness of an emotion and being able to master it are two very different things, I'm finding.

The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and triumphed, and will ever triumph over it.

You can take the kundalini from the crown center and bring it down. You can bring it up or you can stabilize them both. When you stop breathing in meditation, the kundalini is stabilized.

Air is the very substance of our freedom, the substance of superhuman joy.... aerial joy is freedom.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

I will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it.

The whole story of human history is: The blasphemy of today is the commonplace of tomorrow.

Your joy, your happiness, your satisfaction and your ability to dance with life, depends solely on what you pay attention to.

A dyslexic man walks into a bra.