201 Quotes by Richard Gere

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on

I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable.

Everyone responds to kindness.

I can't remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It's like, I'll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.

I don't meet many people that are evil. I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.