One of the great sadnesses of modern life, because of our disenfranchisement and disillusionment with religion, is that we don't have access to these ideas. Yoga and meditation, for me, is a way of, in this secular world, accessing very very beautiful principles that would perhaps make us happier, at a time when people feel disillusioned with the economy, concerned… — Russell Brand Copy Share
What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
It's highly psychological, and very beautiful, and overwhelming, and real, and trippy! — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I'm quite a neurotic thinker, quite an adrenalized person. But after meditation, I felt this beautiful serenity and selfless connection. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so… — Russell Brand Copy Share
“I was already a weary connoisseur of my dad’s pornography and had begun to develop my almost supernatural ability for guessing women’s bra sizes.” — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The right to free speech is important but it isn't as important as 'we're all human beings together, let's find solutions together.' — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“now believe addiction to be a calling. A blessing. I now hear a rhythm behind the beat, behind the scratching discordant sound of my… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“The most insightful thing I ever heard, was overheard. I was waiting for a rail replacement bus in Hackney Wick. These two old women weren’t even talking to me - not because I’d offended them, I hadn’t, I’d been angelic at that bus stop, except for the eavesdropping. Rail replacement buses take an eternity, because they think they’re doing you… — Russell Brand Copy Share
I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Our basic fundamental desires are overly stimulated. A friend of mine said, "you have a generation of people that have been accidentally marketed to." — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Heres one for Russell; angels are seen unaware,, but people all around me see evil everyday clearly,, what does this say about what people… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I think many of the boundaries that convention has placed upon us are arbitrary, so we can fiddle with them if we fancy. Gravity's… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
