I’m one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you’re doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time.

There is so much that people take for granted.

I’m living in the present, thinking about the past, hoping for the future.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

The kids are a big part of my schedule.

I don’t do meetings.

Most people don’t have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.

If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

It wasn’t so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it’s just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

Writing is fun – at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That’s easy to manage.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

Training and resting takes up most of my time.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

If you’re living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

Thoughts are fine when you don’t confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

I can have people around a lot more because I’m not always chasing them away so I can work on my novel. My non-novel, I mean.

I explain the law of compensation like this: ‚Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.

I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

When I’m dancing, I’m not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? And the feeling is a sensation of being away from myself. My soul dances with the angels, and my body dances with my wife.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Someone once asked me, ‚How long does it take to do your hair.‘ I said, ‚I don’t know, I’m never there.‘

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.