In true love, you attain freedom.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Our homes travel with us. They are wherever we feel loved and accepted.

Success, just like poverty, is a state of mind.

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing

I respect people and expect that kind of respect back.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

It's all too much and not enough at the same time.

The way I portrayed the people is accurate. Because they're human beings and we have a kind of wonderful capacity to be absurd and ridiculous.

Our love can't be measured. It just is.

I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.