Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

Because everyone is the same distance from the sun. Does it really lessen the distance if you live on top of a skyscraper?

It's awful to be rich and mind-boggingly handsome and have women fawn over you. My heart bleeds for you. Poor dear, how do you manage?

[I do not believe] in a personal God, let alone a Christian God.

Hero is he alone who vies with powers supreme!

Contacting a government office on a weekend is like phoning the Pope on Easter morning.

Perhaps wherever you go first is what you judge everything else by.

They just want to be part of the moment. A moment that's much larger than them, and even larger than us.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.

The number one thing I've been doing is being daddy.

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves

There's pressure, but that's true no matter who you are or what you do.