A proponent of the big bang theory, at least if he is an atheist, must believe that the matter of the universe came from nothing and by nothing.

[To Aquinas] the senses are what we have in common with dumb animals. ... Our better part [is] the mind ... and [its] intellectual contemplation.

[To Aquinas] the intellect [stands] at the summit of ... the human soul.

If your parents left you, it doesn’t mean that other people will also do it to you.

The one whose egoism is gone, he becomes God. One is a mortal (jivatma) as long as there is egoism and if his egoism goes away, he becomes the eternal Absolute Supreme Soul (Paramatma).

If you encounter defeat, you must persist to be a winner.

I think for anyone to become good at something, they have to fail a lot too. And they have to be completely unafraid to fail or they'll never make it to the next level.

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall

Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.

Each religious sect has its own physiognomy. The Methodists have acquired a face; the Quakers, a face; the nuns, a face. An Englishman will pick out a dissenter by his manners.

I am convinced that real community flows out of right relationship with God and not that right relationship with God flows out of right community.

Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.