Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing?

Do not look for signs. Do not look for experiences. Do not be so complicated. Become like a child. See everything with awe.

The only burden you have ever had is your mind.

Dive into your heart center. Sit in the silence. Desire self-realization with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your soul. Everything will take care of itself.

Within You is the Light of a Thousand Suns. - Within You is Unimaginable Beauty.

Only when you can understand yourself as All Pervading Consciousness can you possibly understand that all the universe is an emanation of your mind. Everything that you see comes out of you.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy. It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it.

You've always been free. You've always been bright and shining. Everything else is just nonsense.

The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.

We cannot empty the mind by thinking. Only by observation.

Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted.

Money can't buy love, except on Valentine’s Day.

Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.

The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and change in some ways the environment here on Earth.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

My sight is bad, my hearing is bad, I feel bad, but I don't suffer, I don't complain.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye," he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend. I've never known a braver girl," he says.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

Comedy pays the bills if I can't find a film.