Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Art allows us to die over and over without actually dying. Only we must catch our breath.

The creature who lives inside my brain suggested I do it, ” I offered tentatively. “It was very convincing.

Micro meditations should be performed with very little activity. These practices should not be associated with any goal, concept or belief.

If you don't understand my silence, then you won't understand my words.

I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.

Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage of Buddhist spirituality.

The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created it.

Be part of the miraculous moment.

Maybe I should see things as they really are and not as I want them to be.