If you had only truth, goodness, and harmony on your side, and the complete absence of the other, there would be no creative impulse.

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.

Music. It’s not about those things. It’s about a feeling. It’s about expressing yourself. It’s about letting go.

Tell few about your dreams and show the rest in the way you make a life with it.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way.

I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow again and aid us in becoming more truly human.

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

Bullies say the things they say because they're unhappy. I also remind myself that what they are saying is not really about me.

In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.