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.

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.

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.

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.

Sadness is not out there. It's inside you. Sadness is often a misperception and false interpretation of a situation.

If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.

My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.

Just because you've failed once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything.

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.