I believe in everything until its disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if its in your mind. Whos to say that dreams and nightmares arent as real as the here and now?

If the whole existence is one, and if the existence goes on taking care of trees, of animals, of mountains, of oceans - from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest star - then it will take care of you too. Why be possessive? The possessiveness shows simply one thing - that you cannot trust existence. You have to arrange separate security for yourself, safety for yourself; you cannot trust existence. Non-possessiveness is basically trust in existence. There is no need to possess, because the whole is already ours.

Learn to unlearn. Learn to unlearn. Learn to unlearn. Learn to unlearn. Learn to unlearn.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Zen is not morality, it is aesthetics. It does not impose a code of morality. it does not give you any commandments: "do this, don't do that."

Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

A beggar's hand is a bottomless basket

It is your own conduct which will lead you to reward or punishment, as if you had been destined therefor.

Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

Take delight in small things because it is from seeds that flowers grow.

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.