“No matter where you’re from or what you’ve done, you’re never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.”

Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.

I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.

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

I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.

Not every move you make has to be a great leap

The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.

I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

The world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.

Well, it’s the last step of the Civil Rights Movement: you know, wrap your hands around some money.

You have to be present, awake and happy now.

I think I’m less afraid of failure than some others.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.

Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.

Elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.

While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the “old,” pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.

In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.

There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.

Highly resilient people are flexible, adapt to new circumstances quickly, and thrive in constant change.

I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances.

They have a knack for creating good luck out of circumstances that many others see as bad luck.

Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,