And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

You have such faith, ” he tells me. “Let it be bigger than your fears.

What you're missing is that the path itself changes you.

To enjoy the beauty of life, live profoundly in the present moment without the fear of the past or future.

Everybody should have a librarian.

Prayer puts God's work in His hands-and keeps it there.

Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

The good doctor put a spoon of tea into my honey." "You're drinking tea a honey badger made," Jim said. "What did you expect?

What makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school?

Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.