Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.

If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?

Let the good in me connect with the good in others, until all the world is transformed through the compelling power of love.

You are wherever your thoughts are, make sure your thoughts are where you want to be.

Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.

Always wear a smile. The gift of life will then be yours to give.

Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.

The Exodus from Egypt occurs in every human being, in every era, in every year, and in every day.

Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.

It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

The bright days of my youthThey were full of hopeThe great journey that was before me thenWas what was destined to be, bye bye.Now I'm sorrowful,The day is long past.Alas and woe, oh.

They turned the country up on its side, and everything loose fell into California.

I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder.

In reality, my father [Pablo Escobar ] always interrupted others to be with his family. My father's priority was always the family.

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not to shudder at the thought.

I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation upon which that religion is built.

There's a lot of intelligence in the hands.When you pick up a shovel, the hands know what to do. The same thing's true of sitting at the piano.

Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.