Better that the whole world should turn against you... than you should consent to turn against what is true within you.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Love is effortless attention.

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and saddened by human folly.

Life is spiritual.

Rise or Fall you must not stop doing.

Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure!

If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for the rest of the world?

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.

We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard crust of complacency. Quicken in us the sharp grace of desire.

I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.