Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
No one succeeds without effort. . . Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
Count your blessings. Every time I am doing bad I count my blessings. And I always lose count. Try that sometime.
For instance, we have to listen to the concerns that working people, our forgotten working people, have over the record pace of immigration and it's impact on their jobs, wages, housing, schools, tax bills and general living conditions.
For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.
I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates.