You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

...and in Wellington women in the bakery trade were able "to perform certain skilled operations for which they are particularly suited, at rate equivalent to two thirds the journeyman's rate".

Always best to start with violence and attempt communication second. People reacted more favorably when they knew you would snuff a few lives to get what you wanted... or for no reason whatsoever.

F-A-I-T-H The Fundamental Authority of Irrefutable Truth that assures confident Hope

Don't let two men fall in love with you, girls. It's not the sort of thing that ends well." -Uncle Charles

We are who people think we are.

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the 70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

Kids are constantly evolving, learning, and growing. They aren’t who they were yesterday.

I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.