He’d valued his dignity more than his own life.

This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family.

I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled.

Have Faith! Have faith in the Eternal Goodness. Believe that the core of the Universe is sound and sweet.

Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?

Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.

Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well.

...in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness -- faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.

Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.

How can there be self-help groups?