Il primo fatto dell’esistenza è la legge del cambiamento o impermanenza. La vita è un continuo fluire, e colui che si aggrappa a qualsiasi forma, per quanto splendida, soffrirà resistendo alla corrente.

Migliaia di candele possono venire accese da una singola candela, e la vita della candela non sarà abbreviata. La felicità non diminuisce mai con l’essere condivisa

Nella mente ha origine la sofferenza; nella mente ha origine la cessazione della sofferenza.

Il cambiamento non è mai doloroso. Solo la resistenza al cambiamento lo è.

Non c’è niente di costante tranne il cambiamento.

Il profumo dei fiori non va contro vento, non quello del sandalo, del tagara e del gelsomino; il profumo dei buoni va contro vento: un uomo retto pervade tutte le regioni.

Prima di parlare domandati se ciò che dirai corrisponde a verità, se non provoca male a qualcuno, se è utile, ed infine se vale la pena turbare il silenzio per ciò che vuoi dire.

Noi siamo ciò che pensiamo. Tutto quello che siamo sorge dai nostri pensieri. I nostri pensieri costruiscono il mondo.

Se tiri troppo la corda di una chitarra la romperai, ma se la lasci troppo allentata non suonerà. Imparare è Cambiare. La strada dell’Illuminazione sta nella via di Mezzo. È la linea che sta tra tutti gli opposti estremi.

Realizzare la propria salvezza è compito immediato di ogni uomo. Vi sarà tempo per una comprensione sempre maggiore dell’Insegnamento percorrendo la Via. Intanto, si inizi ad affrontare la vita, quale è, imparando sempre dall’esperienza diretta e personale.

Retta Visione, Retto Risoluzione, Retta Parola, Retta Azione, Retti Mezzi di sussistenza, Retto Sforzo, Retta Consapevolezza, Retta Concentrazione.

Bhakti yoga la via devozionale e della generosità Karma yoga la via dell’azione disinteressata Jnana yoga la via della conoscenza e della saggezza Raja yoga la via della meditazione

I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!

Reason is a necessary instrument, to be used for good or evil, but it has no moral qualities.

My signature is like a squished spider.

I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.

One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

The San Gabriel Valley, stretching from Pasadena to Pomona, is especially starved for open space. The valley has a rich array of ethnically diverse communities, but it also has some of the highest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in the state.

Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law.

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.

The singer is always an ambassador of music.

Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.

The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than they're actually capable of solving.

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.

You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they don't have to agree with me in general. I'm not here to be loved by everybody. I want to be. But I don't think it's humanly possible to be unanimously loved. But I think I've voiced it clearly that I'm not here to be a baby doll.

I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I'm not getting anymore; otherwise I'll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

The more you stay with and/or complain about a toxic person, the more you're merely delaying doing the important inner work you need to do - to heal your wounds, expand your limiting beliefs, and show yourself far more love and respect.

If you have less weight, you have less strength.

Copying isnt particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone elses idea to produce something new and different is creative work.