Happy are they who freely mingle prayer and toil till God responds to the one and rewards the other.

It is not the way to convert a sinner to knock him down first and then reason with him.

Patience and perseverance are never more thoroughly Christian graces than when features of prayer.

God is the only sure foundation on which the mind can rest.

Recreation is not the highest kind of enjoyment, but in its time and place is quite as proper as prayer.

It is sad that people seek money more than wisdom.

Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.

The glass is always completely full-half air and half liquid.

Style is the dress of thoughts.

The intelligent student, after studying vedic texts, is solely intent on acquiring wisdom and realization. He should discard the texts altogether, as the man who seeks rice discards the husk.

Perfume is a note of woman's individuality. It is the last touch to her look.

I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

I love New York so much; I could never live anywhere else, and ESPECIALLY not in my hometown.