This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

Everybody's got opinions on the way you're livin', But see, they can't fill your shoes.

When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.

I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.

Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.

Idling has always been my strong point.

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

Vision is perhaps our greatest strength.. it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.

I could be a millionaire if I knew how to make stuff and wasn't afraid of electricity.

I just want to play real human beings. You know, I don't care if they're male or female.

In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.