The moment you ascribe who you are right now to what happened yesterday, you have written off your life.

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

Pay the hired worker his wages before his sweat dries

Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.

I've been fighting my whole life.

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.

I'm not very good at working for other people. I mostly make pictures because of some whim. With luck, I get a glimpse of something, and then it turns into an adventure, and then into a project.

It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. There's a kind of nervy element about it.

The preachers are the greatest problem in the United States of America.

They say you're not supposed to put metal in a microwave oven. They're right.