“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”

“In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.”

“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”

“The Buddha told his disciples, "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense". I say the same to you—you must assume the responsibility for what you believe.”

“The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.”

“You deserve a relationship where your feelings matter. And the fastest way to get to that relationship is to decide that your emotions, including your positive emotions, matter to you. And your positive emotions should matter to you enough that you are willing to follow them in whatever direction they wish to take you.”

“No matter where it is in the sky… No matter where you are in the world… the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John”

“No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.”

“It’s hard no matter where you come from. You have your own struggles.”

“If you know anything about Buddhism, you will know that the most important point is to be yourself and not try to become anything that you are not already. Buddhism is fundamentally about being in touch with your own deepest nature and letting it flow out of you unimpeded.”