Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

Baking is both an art and a science.

The Governors Ball is like a big birthday party, and all these stars are like excited kids running around - 'Oooo, look at my pretty new dress!' And what's the best, most fun surprise at a birthday party? When the cake comes out!

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

God is a verb, not a noun.

Tension is the great integrity.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

Man knows so much and does so little.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Truth is a tendency.

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership.

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place.

I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world.