Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

It's important to lighten up a bit!

That was the problem these days--everything was considered disposable--clothes, cell phones, relationships.

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.

There's definitely ways to get your anger out and not have to yell and kick and scream and fight people. That's not my jam. That's never how I've been.

I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide.

The scenery is time bound but the seer is timeless. You are the timeless seer in the midst of time bound scenery.

A passion for the dramatic art is inherent in the nature of man.

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.

The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

I think that Abraham Lincoln probably did more to trick negroes than any other man in history.