I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.
Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited.
I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life.
When you get up in the morning, set your motivations.
I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.
I would say that the West is very young, it’s very corrupt. We’re not very wise. And I think we’re hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.
Even in comedies, you’ve got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human.
In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.
I have no sense of time, and I’m a dreamer.
Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he’s skillful not to hurt anybody. He’s skillful.
The idea of fixing of healing is an important part of any genuine spiritual approach. Kabbalah is very much about this idea of fixing of things that have been damaged. From a Buddhist point of view, things have been damaged because ignorance has intoxicated the mind.
I cry every chance I get.
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I’d think, no, actually I’m a giraffe.
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it’s because of karma, some past connection.
From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They’re a sense of play. But real life is the same. We’re just not aware of it.
I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.
I’ve always maintained that all characters and all personalities are in all of us. The whole thing is available. You’re not this or that, no one is.
The drive for happiness is vital; it’s what keeps us in motion.