Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become.

When all is lost, when all is let go of, when all is abandoned, what you are left with is an ocean of bliss.

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance.

You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through.

Live fully each day to the full . . .

Hate poisons your life.

It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss.

Everyone has the same life purpose, which is the quest of happiness for oneself and for others.

I am daily making myself what I am.

A possession can't make you happy.

The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be.

Repent, return and be restored by Jesus Christ.

Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea.

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books

You can have, you can be, you can do whatever you want to do once you make the decision, so that would be my greatest piece of advice.

[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.

Beneficent spirals, operating by benign feedback, mean that everything needful is not required at once: each individual improvement is beneficial for the whole

He works at the kennel with Nana," Ben piped up. "And I think him and Mom are dating." At that, a stillness fell over a throng of admirers, punctuated by a few uncomfortable coughs.

I don’t mind the low probability of success, but it better be impactful if we do succeed.