Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for progressing on the path to liberation.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

Since things neither exist nor do not exist, are neither real nor unreal, are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting - one might as well burst out laughing.

Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.

Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace.

In the experience of yogins who do not perceive things dualistically, the fact that things manifest without truly existing is so amazing they burst into laughter

To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.

But maybe it's better to go after something, and not get it, than to not even try.

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct.

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.

As a Republican, I never expected to be working with Hillary Clinton.

What is it about sameness that so draws me, and how could I begin to have that same kind of attraction to change?

Racism was never acceptable to the people who suffer from it.