First you must face your own reality in the present, here and now! If you fail to do that, if you do not obtain first-hand experience from it, there will be no deep, far-reaching changes in you.

First we have to understand that we are not the mind! We are identical with neither its bright, nor its dark side!

Reaching beyond ourselves, exceeding our mind is not a simple thing. It is, in fact, impossible–one half of the Ego is trying to exceed the other.

It is to be recognized that the negative emotions and the guilt that comes with it is not a part of the Consciousness, it only belongs to the mind!

In the course of our journey leading to Consciousness, our objective should not be creating a positive character, and thus a pleasant scenario, but finding the Existence behind every scenario.

We are therefore constantly on the road, straying from one mental image to the next, and identify with these images, and derive our identity from the images.

Ego is the central figure of our personal history, based upon the past and looking into the future. Ego is the deepest dream of the Consciousness.

„We are the embodiment of Life, we are born into this world as a result of a Miracle.

When you really want to find the answers to the great questions of your life, you need to look for them deep in yourself.

The Wanderer then leaves behind the spiritual seeker, with all the accumulated knowledge and lofty spiritual experience, and takes the first step on the Journey.

You must make the Journey along the road, nobody is able to do it for you!

I think the word ‘pleasure’ is unknown to you. More precisely, its practical meaning.

When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul

I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.

The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.

There are alternate explanations for everything.

We want to be proud of our work and make sure it's worth the talent of the animators, who spent four years of their love, sweat and tears on it.

So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

I go to the gym every morning for a couple of hours, then I come to work, whatever is on the plate for the day, I do it. I don't ask many questions, I go where I am told to.

You can't have a strong nation without strong values, and no one is born with strong values. They have to be taught to you in strong families and reinforced in you in strong communities.

Hatori: "You won't get very far if you try to threaten me in THAT outfit." Yuki: "Thank you. So much.