Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.

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.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

Set your expectations and goals so high that people think they're impossible, that's when you know you set them too low.

Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you.

I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

I love realism. I don't like plastics. Deep down inside we're all the same.

I think there is and ultimate answer in a true religious faith, but it doesn't give you any immediate answers, it doesn't.