Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

This is what kindness does, Ms.Albert said. Each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple, into the world.

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

I used practically all the money I had available.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

You will be amazed at how much free time you have when you never have to think about money.

My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side.

The woman who knew that I had dyslexia - I never interviewed her.

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.

Nobody criticizes the 'Mighty Ducks' trilogy and gets away with it. Nobody!

I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.