How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Truth is not a prerequisite for belief, whilst belief is often times a catalyst for searching for one's own truth.

Fall in love with the habit of learning from the great successful people who came before you, so that you don't spend the rest of your life as a stranger to success.

We are addicted to attention, but when it comes to paying attention, we are not accessible.

Every film takes on its own life. I find it very interesting to show an audience some part of history that maybe they don't know.

wit, wit! - I look upon it always as a draught of air; it cools indeed, but one gets a stiff neck from it.

We live in an instant-coffee world. Sometimes real-world solutions take a little longer.

Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.

A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?'

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.