There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.

Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.

Money doesn't make u happy .. But happy makes you money.

Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one box.

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.

I don't want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as "heat" or "essential energy." The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.