The important thing is that I’m clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna.

Once you get yourself out of the way, you can see everything the way it is. Your self isn’t blocking the world from you, once you have sidestepped its shadow.

In literature, there are no boundaries

There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge

The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.

It’s easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That’s why my fans identified with me. They were mostly working-class.

You need to know what you’re aiming for in order to reach it.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow

As the water manifests the brightness of the moon, the moon manifests the clarity of the water

Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom… is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Whether it’s with my engineers in the team, my home life, or my friends, I don’t like things to get complicated – and one good example would be the steering wheel in my Mercedes Formula 1 car.