Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.

Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.

Never say NO, Never say, 'I cannot', for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.

Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!

Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.

Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

There is nothing more fascinating than the fusion between power and mystery in our great, little treasure: the human brain.

There is a leap of faith with any conclusion the mind can conceive.

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

I just love musicians. They're not all super-happy all the time, but when they're playing they're happy, and it's such a beautiful thing.

You can't go through life without your heart being bruised or broken. Otherwise, you're not truly, fully, a person.

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.

I always say every single moment that has led me to this moment has made me who I am.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.

How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death I am not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?