But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

I try not to eat right before I perform. It's better to perform on an empty stomach - it just feels better. You just feel like a leaner machine. You're not worrying about digesting things.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

It works exceedingly well,

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.