The man who has the sense of the body being himself cannot possibly worship God as formless; whatever worship he makes will be worship in form alone, not otherwise.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Too late. I’ve already seen the blush. Stop trying to hide it from me. I think it’s adorable.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

Nature imitates mathematics.

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

Scenes change while shooting. Nowadays, while you're shooting the movie, you're cutting at the same time.

There is nothing mysterious, as some have tried to maintain, about the applicability of mathematics. What we get by abstraction from something can be returned.

SHADOW KNIGHT'S MATE is a compelling story, extremely well-written and alarmingly plausible. Jay Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion.

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.