“You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means to protect, enhance, or conform to your role identity.”

“However you envisage your role in life, all you can do is perform it as best you can.”

“… It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.”

“Whatever you fear most has no power--it is your fear that has the power”

“I mean, winning an election is no big deal. It's what you do with the power afterward that matters. And, well, for me anyway, it's proving you can do something entirely on your own, entirely your own way and for a commitment that is larger than yourself.”

“Certain information is required for adequate role performance, that is, in order for a person to conform to the role expectations held by members of his role set.”

“Whatever you do, in the privacy of your own rain shower, is your own business”

“Practice does not mean that whatever you do, even lying down, is zazen. When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice….
When you sit, you will sit. When you eat, you will eat…. If you say,”It doesn’t matter,” it means that you are making some excuse to do something in your own way with your small mind. It means that you are to some particular thing or way. That is not what we mean when we say, “Just to sit is enough,” or “Whatever you do is zazen.””

“Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.”

“Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.”