To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.

I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar.

Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing is creating a siege mentality.

The years keep coming and going, Men will arise & depart; Only one thing is immortal: The love that is in my heart.

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue.

I would like to ask Him if He was indeed virgin born, because the answer to that question would define history.

He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.

I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.

Death is the only real elegance.