I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Life is just like an arrow..To launch it, we have to stretch it back.

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

You're asking the cyborg fugitive and the wild animal to be the welcoming committee? That's adorable.

When we are young, we want to be old and for things to change. When we are old, we want to be young and for things to go back to the way they were.

The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.

Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.