"In Romania, I train on a bar that is bent. My gym has bad lighting and very little heat in the winters. Here in America, you have everything you need to train. It's not in the bar or the gym or the platform it's in you."

“The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.”

“Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.”

“The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well; Meditation is the road to enlightenment.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sogyal Rinpoche from Jun 04, 2013

“The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth”

Source : "Oriental Philosophy". Book by Ted Gambordella, 2008.

“I don’t care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces ‘intelligence.”

“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.”

“It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.”

“I think that the lack of intuition in fashion today is one of the most dangerous things. My fear is that our business is turning into a bag business, and it's all about the bag. But it's not only about the bag. It's about the women. And it's not about a bag or a shoe or the jewelry. It's only about women. . . . Being almost politically correct and doing only what you expect without the ability to make mistakes is very dangerous to fashion. We have to go with our heart. We have to go with our intuition.”