Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .
Suffering accepted and vanquished. . . . will give you a serenity which may well prove the most exquisite fruit of your life.
I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience.
If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.