There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.

Get your emotions under control and your life under control. Work really hard and don't make a big deal out of yourself. Have humility. Believe in yourself. Don't get a fanatical fixation on a teacher.

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

As we go deeper and deeper into the world of meditation, we are able to travel along the luminous bands, just like you travel along a highway or road.

You're going to merge your mind with the mind of eternity that goes on forever; that is not easy. It's very intense. I mean sitting on Mount St. Helens when it went off would have been small talk.

In Buddhism what we seek to do is change ourselves into someone who's beautiful to be.

At the same time, I went through college, received a Ph.D. and started to teach. I wrote books.