What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?

Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Peace can be fragile and peace can be ugly and peace can be wrong. Peace built on lies is no peace at all.

Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

Knowing that every single day is so filled with potential - you cannot wait for life to give you anything. You have no right to feel entitled. You are not entitled to anything.

Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma China could not have invaded.

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet

The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.