People who want to go to power places all of the time and want to be around powerful people, they don't last long in the study.

The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.

We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

Some of the films that I have really enjoyed include: The Fifth Element, The Crow, Toys, Seven, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Zhivago, Being There, and Trainspotting.

Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out, in order for you to be happy. You have to get control of your mind.

We cut up time and space and mind and place and being and non-being. We create a world of ideas. This is duality, pairs of apparent opposites.

When your thoughts come and you're trying to stop them, simply say "No". Learn the mantra "No". Every time a thought comes in your mind ... just say no.