Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

There's no such thing as a mistake. There are only experiences. Some are good, and some are bad. Either way, it is an experience we learn from.

A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation, and further, can even enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.

Accumulated experience always alters perception of the past.

With the right mindset, you can turn a painful downfall into a setup for a great success story.

If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.

A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours

I just don't get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That's where jokes happen.

Things you think you're saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again.

The fear of Hell is a very powerful motivation.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.