There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

My real soul...? It’s real only when it’s independent...

You have two options. work on someone else's ideas and make some money or generate ideas make them work and become a millionaire.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.

I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.

But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?

Each step in life has been another step in an area that was a challenge, that is highly satisfying and that gives you a great sense of pride afterwards.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.