I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

A child fish asks mother fish, 'Mother, why cannot we live on the Earth?' Mother fish replied, 'Dear… it is not the place for fish, it is the place for selfish

The most amazing journey on earth is the journey of oneself.

Buried treasure isn't worth much.

The 1960s was a heroic age in the history of the art of communication - the audacious movers and shakers of those times bear no resemblance to the cast of characters in 'Mad Men.'

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

I don't like when juice wears tights, its a horrible combination when juice wears tights.

South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

Let someone else get killed!

For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.

Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.