[Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you

The past has no power over the present moment.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Observe your thoughts, don't believe them.

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

Suffering is the noblest art, the quieter the better.

The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours

What a man thinks in his spirit in the world, that he does after his departure from the world when he becomes a spirit.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

There is no paradise, no place of true completion that does not include within its walls the unknown.

True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.

I didn't take the reins of my career until I was about 21, and I've been in charge since then.

There's a lot of stress involved when your house is underwater.