We will go forward. . . we will never go back.
To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.
A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.
To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in. Those who are able to keep their mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, have attained Inner Peace.
Look within!. . . The secret is inside you.
The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this.
There is no Bodhi tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight
The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
My father went to college for drama in Pittsburgh, and so did my mother, and then my mother was a steadily working New York theater actress. They kind of quit when I was born. They did that for, like, 10 years before they had kids and then I was born and they were not into that lifestyle for kids.
When you're glad to be alive, good ideas come. The reason good ideas don't come today is because we're all bottled up with greed and anger. We're mad.
The prime minister says he has a vision for change, well put that to the people of the country.