Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer obstacles? It's because of the lack of merit.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.

There is a whole crazy world around you. You can't control it, so don't even try. Because the more you try to control your environment, the more it controls you.

I Never Met A Kentuckian Who Wasn't Either Thinking About Going Home Or Actually Going Home

I do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity.

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

And I stop listening to me, because to put it bluntly, I tire me.

Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute.

So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.