There's no point in spending your life in the pursuit of something that's easy.

Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened. And if you can't do that, force a smile on your face and sob into your pillow later.

you need power only to do something harmful.otherwise love is enough, compassion is enough.

Anyone who constantly makes you unhappy belongs in someone else’s world, not yours.

I am always in touch with my demons: you never know when their assistence is needed.

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.

The home of everyone is to him his castle and fortress as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

We call it the transmission of the lamp in Zen. That's when we take enlightened states of mind and literally, you can transfer them, just like you can hand somebody flowers.

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!