I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.

It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.

I think, ' Hoa says slowly, 'that if you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back.

You will never be satisfied until you are completely satisfied with God.

Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.

Everything's funny - in the right context and done by the right person.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

You're a pretty cool customer, huh?" says Agent Hunt. "I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage." Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

People die because they find living too painful.