If you accept the institutional lunacy, then the policies are rational.
As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.
I love that I can talk to my fans through Twitter, to cut out the middle man. Because I've done interviews where my words have gotten twisted, so it's nice to be able to have things coming straight from me.
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
Hollywood. . . was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production.
Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think