There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

Running back was always my favorite position.

The library is the temple of learning.

I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.

I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way.

It might have been really cool back in the '50s when it was less populated but I don't know.

I hate exercising self-control.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun.