He wondered what life had in store for them.And for once, he couldn’t wait to find out.

Life's only choosing when to die. Life's a big postponement because the choice is so difficult. It's a tremendous relief not to have to choose.

Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.

I have crazy claustrophobic dreams, weird elevator dreams where the elevator closes in and all of a sudden I am lying down - oh my God, it's a casket. Just freaky stuff like that.

You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.

Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.

I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.

I don't find the whole cougar word that offensive.

But I'm not an idiot. At the end of the day, I've learned a lot.

To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.