I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

One must first learn to heal people to be great. To hurt people is easy.

What does it take to change the essence of a man?

People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

The secret is not to act, but to be.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

Why "revere" the unknowable? Why not find out what it is?

It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.

I prefer the man who calls his nonsense a mystery to him who who pretends it is a weighed, measured, analyzed fact.

The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.

The stakes are so high because auditions are make or break. You get the job or you don't. The stakes are about as high as they get, for yourself and your own self-esteem.

The annoying thing about being an atheist is that you'll never have the satifaction of saying to believers, 'I told you so.'

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

Every pleasure or pain has a sort of rivet with which it fastens the soul to the body and pins it down and makes it corporeal, accepting as true whatever the body certifies.

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.