“You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.”

“We cannot refuse destiny. We can't avoid it either. There is no place for us to hide. Whichever path you choose, he will find you.”

“Leonard asks me if there's anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what's the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that's an easy one, my son, it's whatever you want it to be.”

“The moment is your only duty. Your duty at any time in your life is to do what you have to do from moment to moment. What you have to do is what you cannot avoid doing. What you cannot avoid doing is what you do.”

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”

“You cannot wish for a good life that is full of joy and peace without sacrificing something in return.”

“Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.”

“Finding that dimension frees you and the world from the suffering you inflict on yourself and others when the mind-made “little me” is all you know and runs your life. Love, joy, creative expansion, and lasting inner peace cannot come into your life except through that unconditioned dimension of consciousness.”

“Every human being has to find their own peace. Peace is within you and me. When you and I can experience who we really are, what life is, and what we are doing here, that’s the day peace will begin in this world.”

“To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life — bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live them — then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.”