If something’s existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.

If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

I was thinking the other day that there will never be another form of music that everybody has to respond to - like disco.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

When you see a picture of a woolly mammoth on a cave wall, that's weirdly similar to a person's lasagna that they thought looked delicious.

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, 'I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.

Draw a straight line and follow it.

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.