I Want To Fight Poverty

In The Yogic Tradition, This Principle Of Using Intense Effort To Burn Through Life's Distractions Is Called Tapas. It's Another Sanskrit Word, Roughly Defined As "heat" Or "essential Energy." The Concept Is That Through A Disciplined Approach To Work And Self-sacrifice, Tapas Will Burn Away The Negativity That Separates Us From God. By Working Our Hardest And Happily Enduring The Hardships Of Life We Are Able To Create A Sense Of Peace And Clarity In Ourselves.

I Used To Think Anxiety And Insomnia Drove Me To Success, But It Was The Stillness That Let Me Be Good At Anything. When You Extend The Seconds Of Stillness, That's When You're Able To Think And Learn.

Surround Yourself With People Who Are Smarter Than You.

My Wife Kimora Once Told Me While We Were Watching "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" That It's A Vegetarian Movie Because The Way That The Woman Was Screaming, "aaaahhh," And Trying To Run Away Is How Every Animal You Eat Reacted At The Slaughterhouse.

I Mean People Are Sexist And Racist And Homophobic And Violent. But I Don't Think Of The Rappers As Being Any More Sexist Or Racist Or Homophobic Than Their Parents. Certainly Less, In All Those Cases, Less Homophobic Or Racist Or Sexist, And Then Less Gangster Than Our Government. It's Stuff That People Normally Don't Speak On, Subjects They Don't Speak On, And Ideas They Kind Of Keep To Themselves.