Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.

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.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

Are you going to give me a reason to stay?

Resting for me is fitness training.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

Sit as little as possible. Give no credence to any thought that was not born outdoors while moving about freely.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.

If you don't keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you're the "center square to block."

It is not enough to do a desktop exercise of a Beethoven symphony. You need to practice with an orchestra. The musicians need to read the notes. Otherwise it will be a disaster.

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.