Silence is a source of Great Strength.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

What makes you a chaffinch?

The water glittered under the moon’s careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city.

The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.

I'd been doing some light-beer commercials for Budweiser and Coors, and I was doing stand-up comedy. I wanted to get into the acting world, and my agent sent me on audition and they liked it.

Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand.

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.