I do not understand why people want to control their minds. I want them to liberate their minds.

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

I don't have problems. I am a writer. I am the problem.

It was 10:30 in the morning and I was already running behind. This is hardly unusual, but it pisses me off every single time.

I had always planned to be an actor, and the music was just in my DNA, it's always been.

Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.

I definitely like sneakers and shopping at sneakers stores.

It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.

Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.

Today has definitely been better than yesterday. We are having to do a little bit of sweeping but it is generally not too bad and I am still really enjoying the roads - I love being here!

Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.