"If you're studying for an exam you're not thinking about the results. If you're always worried about the results, you can't study a lot. So to be engaged and detached from the outcome is excellent. Excellence is behavior. I mean, isn't that what martial arts is about? And that's what meditation is about, that's what, in many ways, sports are about."

"The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking."

"I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center."

"Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"It is a quiet truth that true authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."