Give me the positions and velocities of all the particles in the universe, and I will predict the future.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off.

A person’s zip code shouldn’t decide their destiny.

Events do not really have beginnings or ends. Behind every event is the previous one, causing, or helping to cause, what follows.

Did you ever think that making a speech on economy is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.

As my Buddhist teachers have shown me, wisdom emerges in the space around words as much as from language itself.

Where is perfection? Where I cannot reach.

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life.

Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.