I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
One must first learn to heal people to be great. To hurt people is easy.
Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.
The secret is not to act, but to be.
People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.
Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.
I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.
I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!
My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well.
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.
You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. And you could say that I became an adviser to several CIA agents in the field and, through my friends in the CIA, met many powerful people and did special works and special favors.
My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.
What does it take to change the essence of a man?
There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.
I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.
It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.
It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.
I think we're living in a world where society is very difficult.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'
Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.
