I cherish my every connection. I see the other in myself and myself in others.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

The worst kind of tyrant is one that is righteously wrong

Wedged as we are between two eternities of idleness, there is no excuse for being idle now.

The individual person is more interesting than people in general; he and not they is the one whom God created in His image.

What is correct action in a deteriorating world?

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature.

Is this wide world not large enough to fill thee,Nor Nature, nor that deep man's Nature, Art?Are they too thin, too weak and poor to still thee,Thou little heart?

Focus on opportunities, not problems.

Every journey has an end.

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.