Renunciation - non-resistance - non-destructiveness - are the ideals to be attained through less and less worldliness, less and less resistance, less and less destructiveness. Keep the ideal in view and work towards it. None can live in the world without resistance, without destruction, without desire. The world has not come to that state yet when the ideal can be realised in society.
I realised that I had a choice to either feel angry about not having arms and legs, or thankful for having my family, friends and my little foot.
When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.
I'm not a real crazy social butterfly - and once I realised that and I accepted it, I started to realise how many people weren't accepting of that.
As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.
I've realised that when I don't play people who are complex I get very, very bored, and then lazy, and end up being rubbish.
I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.