To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Sometimes, it is best that the past stays buried.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

I like musicals that look more like plays.

You're human. You'll screw up. Denying that is crazy. Forgiving yourself has all the benefits of self-esteem without making you a narcissist that's out of touch with reality.

The American empire is hovering between life and death.

We live in a material world, not a dramatic one.

The great source of pleasure is variety.

People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have to tell a story.