When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.

We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.

Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

You could write the best book in the world but if nobody knows about it, it is nothing

I have nothing against Dylan O'Brien! He's one of my favorite people. I have so much respect for him and his work.

Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.

We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

It is not obligatory for a generation to have great men.

If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.

I always feel like there’s no fighter that I can’t figure out.