Discipline does not mean suppression and control nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

I kind of love coming home and being with family and feeling comfortable and knowing where I come from I kind of like it.

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic.

In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

What kind of tyrant punishes everyone just to get back at the few he's mad at? I mean, besides Chris Christie.

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

The nerve. Threatening you and not being precise about it.

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

I love mythic stuff. I love playing with gods, I love playing with myths. A lot of it has to do with that they're the basic places stories come from. They're the clay that you make the bricks out of.

I am happy to be a role model for anybody - whether they are black, white, yellow, pink or purple.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.