Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.

I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me nor I beneath him be.

Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.

If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.

Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.

You know what the best thing is about the end of the day? Tomorrow, it starts all over again.

In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

The translation called good has original value as a work of art.

There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.

This can't be true but I remember it.

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.

Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.

And by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable...you ironically increase...the probability of getting what you want.

He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.