Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.

Love doesn't ask why, speaks from the heart, and never explains.

Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song.

Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.

Hervey (Weinstein) thank you for killing whoever you had to kill to get me up here today.

Love yourself and you can heal your life.

How dangerous emperors are when they go mad.