“If you do not do what you cannot do, it is all right. But if you do not do what you can do, your life is a tragedy.”

Only if you make yourself available to it, can grace do something that you yourself could never do.

If you want to go beyond your compulsive tendencies, the only way is to become conscious.

If You Pay Enough Attention, You Will See That You Are a Complete Life.

Once you free yourself from the meanness of the mind, an indiscriminate sense of love and inclusion arises.

Dance is an outpouring of the exuberance of one’s life energies.

Now is the time to show your responsibility and commitment to all life, including your own.

When you have utter clarity about where you are at right now, the next level of experience will reveal itself to you.

What is happening within you and how you experience your life is entirely your making – your karma.

The fundamental nature of jealousy and envy is a feeling of inadequacy. If you were really blissful, you should not be envious of anyone.

If You Want Your Life to Be Profound, You Need to Pay Attention.

As far as the laws of existence are concerned, there is no good and bad, no crime and punishment. It is just that for every action, there is a consequence.

Death is never dangerous. Once death happens, all danger ceases.

With enough attention, just about anything can be mastered.

The damage we cause to the environment is a consequence of how we are within ourselves. If we realize that maintaining our inner climate is in our hands, we will understand that taking action for the environment is also in our hands.

When you sleep, your intelligence, energies, and your being should not sleep.

Lifestyle is a consequence of the times we live in – life is the real thing.

The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims of passing feelings of happiness or depression.

In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.

The goal of life is rapture. Art is the way we experience it.

Life is so damned hard, so damned hard… It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can’t be hurt ever any more. That’s the last and worst thing it does.

I love comedy. I’m not known for comedy, but I love it. I’ve done a lot of it, in my lifetime. But most people are surprised to hear that I made a funny movie.

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

I’ve never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it’s important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.