Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.

What makes human life - which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.

You want to not have any problems.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.

What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

This will never come again

[T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

The Bible is the ultimate book of wisdom and advice.

... to be in any sort of relationship where you do not express yourself, simply to keep the peace, is a relationship ruled by one person and will never be balanced or healthy.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you cant just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

You find out that all this stuff you've accumulated, you could care less about it. It's just the relationships that matter.

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

I'm mildly obsessed with skin care. I do a lot of masks at home, like Elisha Coy's Korean Collagen masks. I also use an embarrassingly wide variety of facial creams.

The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you get that out of your way, you can start writing books.