The hatred of those who hate me is like a boomerang to them

I might be a witness to those who didn't confident in themselves, but I will not be like them.

Happiness means knowing how to limit some needs which only diminish us, and being open to the many different possibilities which life can offer.

I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.

No matter what verbal space you try to enclose Zen in, it resists, and spills over... the Zen attitude is that words and truth are incompatible, or at least that no words can capture truth.

There's nothing better than striving to be a better man.

I don't deserve your love or your shine, but I want it because with you I can feel the sun. I don't want to go back to those shadows.

Every single moment, an ignorant discovers an idea that has been known for centuries!

People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding.

I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.

You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.