It's only illusions that destroy us. It's illusions that convince us that we can't. It's the illusions of the transient that tell us that all this matters.

You need to constantly examine your life, inner and outer, to see where you are losing and gaining power.

Perception is a wave. You change as your perception of something changes because you define yourself as a reflection of whatever you happen to perceive.

I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use it in our relationship with each other.

In the world of power, people will come looking for you. If you're a movie star, you know what I am saying. People will come around you, little groupie types. They think that being around you they can get something.

In addition to innocence, we have to have knowledge of good and evil.

How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that.