Truth is life's most precious commodity.
Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.
Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
Why waste good shots in practice when you might need them in a match?
Art is mainly about wrestling with material reality, not striving after a spiritual ideal.
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
I feel bad for people who (don't have) faith because they don't have that blanket of comfort. . . If I'm going out on stage, I always say a prayer right before I go out. Whatever it is. Before I take off on a plane. There's just always this connection. . . God knows. I know. That's all I need.