The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you’re working on.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

I’m going to get an MRI to find out whether I have claustrophobia.

I’m very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

I don’t carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me. I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we’re even alive at all.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

You don’t have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that’s a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.

I am in my own head most of the time.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

Always say ‚yes‘ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‚yes‘ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.

If it’s stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You’ve planned, you’ve trained, you’ve done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that’s facing you. And then after that, there’s nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.

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

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

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn’t eat or sleep.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police, only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can’t be entertained – or people who are afraid. You can’t entertain a man who has no food.

Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

In every parting there is an image of death.

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

Fear is exciting for me.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.

The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

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.