“You must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world in order to truly understand your own.”

“You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success.”

“You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding.”

“In order to understand something really and truly well, you must know where it came from. There is no other way to appreciate its value.”

“Other people must be destroyed. In order that I might truly face the sun, the world itself must be destroyed....”

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”