I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

Courage is active faith.

You look worse today than you did when you had two blackeyes.”“Why, thank you, Tyler. You always say the sweetest things.

If you simply try to tell the truth you will, nine times out of ten, be original without ever having noticed it.

Whatever you truly conceive of in the mind, is possible.

In Tantric Zen there is no rule. There is only your immediate experience.

I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

Our whole civilization rests on the fact that men have always succeeded in beating off the attack of the re-distributors.

Hollywood is, I always argue, has a great track record of making good films.

Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?