For a true disciple, the repetition of the mantra is like food.

Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.

Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life

When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.

Make a firm decision: 'Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.'

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow

Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.

Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.

When you get to find love, make sure it's because you get to find yourself

...finally her hands, so light, holding his head still and catching all his thoughts and imprisoning them there, in the space that no longer existed between them.

I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

I use as sensitive a line as possible when I draw on the plate.

I did not know from a scientific perspective why I did not believe in evolution - but I knew from a Biblical perspective it had to be wrong or my faith was in trouble.

I never saw myself as beautiful. I can look back and see it now, but then? Never.

Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument.

Freedom without security portends chaos, perpetual anxiety and fear.