Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.

If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

Niko was a man of few words and flying, sugary snacks. I like that in a human. ~Catcher

No man ever became very wicked all at once.

If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.

I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston.

I'm a big health-food freak and a vegetarian devotee.

The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .

... divine love is not something belonging to God: it is God Himself.

The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear -- and even, in certain respects, would be -- the most modern of critical movements.

My girlfriend looks a little like Charlize Theron...and a lot like Patrick Ewing.