Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.

Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

Sometimes, when people look at me, I can see the pity in their eyes. All I want is hope, but neither of us can give it to each other.

Is there anyone nearby you can speak to without words?”“I don’t know. I only know that there are those whose minds I can speak with that, when I show them how, speak back to my mind as well.

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

Champagne is simply one of the elegant extras of life.

Teams can't prepare for me in batting practice. They can't find anyone who throws as slow as I do.

pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.

We must be both rational and intellectual, both analytic and imaginative, utilizing both statistics and insight.

Forget if you are rich or poor. All you need is faith in yourself. If you have the passion to work then just get up and set forth and you will find the way!

Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.