Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of one's enemy; its wages to be sure of it.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.

We do live, all of us, on many different levels, and for most artists the world of imagination is more real than the world of the kitchen sink.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease.

A better world could be brought about only by better individuals.

Filmmaking is all about what we like to do on-screen. We have attempted that in the film. I have worked very hard to perform the character.