We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

To completely understand me you must first accept that I am not you.

The world has become a much smaller place, there is no longer room for hatred.

I don't know why they call it life, it's just a moment with memories.

As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

The traditional rules for having children are long gone. Some days I feel like the harder choice is to not have a kid.

In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

Hi, this is Sylvia. I'm not at home right now, so when you hear the beep ... hang up.

Science is the knowledge of Consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another: by which, out of that we can presently do, we know how to do something else when we will, or the like, another time