For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Be sure it's your real self you're showing. Because it is your real self that needs to be loved.

A pang of guilt, like a blaring siren, should never be ignored.

Do interesting things and interesting things will happen to you.

People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.

I do consider myself to be a positive person. I'd much rather have my energy be focused on trying to make the world a better place, than to be bitter or negative.

Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.

Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.

My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life.

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.