Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?

Liberty will always triumph over fear and fundamentalism. Our desire to be free is greater than their desire to terrorise and our capacity to love far exceeds their capacity to hate.

One grey cloak is much like another, just as all cats are grey in the dark.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

Piracy doesn't hurt an artist unless the artist puts out a bad album.

I don't know karate, but I know crazy.

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

Empty your mind, stop thinking about anything, simply be.

The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.