But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

He began to realize what the criminal class knows so well, the impossibility of explaining anything to a man with power.

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.

... but it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction!

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

I'm not threatening you. I'm just informing you of police procedure. If you continue to obstruct me, I remove the obstruction, in this case you, and proceed to the next command.

All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things.

When you think life is tough, it can get a lot tougher.

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself.

We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it through the new record.