Sandra Oh Quotes

Some instinct has told me I need to live in a world that isn't consumed with reading about myself or anyone else or someone's opinion about something. I need to be clear of that. It's just healthier for me. I feel happier.

Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes.

Let your clarity define you, in the end, we will only just remember how it feels.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.

The most spiritual place you can be in your life is when you're being very real, when you're not allowing everybody and everything to influence your decisions and your moods, and what's morally right or ethically right.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

I meditate and I'm passionate about it.

If the mind is calm, your spontaneity and honest thoughts appear. You become more spontaneous.