My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Be careful with my fiancée. I love her more than life itself. made me fluttery. How do you that?Ridiculously pleased he smiled. What can I say? It's magic. Take care, babe.

Never exact of a friend in adversity what you would require in prosperity.

The universe was full of wonders. Some of them would drive you insane if you thought about them too long.

Genius is the gold in the mine talent is the miner that works and brings it out.

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

As [the New York Times] winds down its years and is becoming more and more problematic, it's gotten more and more vicious, more and more vile.

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em.

The studio system is kind of an old boys system and it's difficult for them to trust women to be capable

Wonder is the first of all the passions.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.