We are who people think we are. The reality is irrelevant.

People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it.

Those who reach for the Sun, usually drop the world.

Sometimes, you have to step into oblivion, in order to paint success.

I am not a man of fear, but I am a man that knows how to fear. Without fear, we become lazy. Without fear, we become reckless. Fear doesn't limit a man, it keeps the man sharp.

A man who does not doubt the courage of a woman, is a man that is subjugated by her will and allure.

The mind is a universe, and it has the power to completely create any possibility.

Power is the gem of necessity. Without observing power, identity remains undiscovered.

The illusion is reality. The only contradiction is the observer.

Isn't it funny how ignorance is the source of strength of so many?

You only know of existence, once you rebel. You only know of life, once you die.

Aloneness is a gift. A beautiful gift to the human soul. True and consistent satisfaction comes from the bond you form with yourself. Nobody else is a constant

To a good approximation, all species are insects.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

I just see myself as an object in the final image. I know I'm experiencing it when I'm there working on it. I'm there to be worked with, as anything else that I work with.

You’re a feminist if you go to a Jay Z and Beyoncé concert, and you’re not like, ‘Mmm, I feel like Beyoncé should get 23 percent less money than Jay Z'.

In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't overuse it or abuse it - that's a waste.

Life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement.

Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.

But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.