I really don't know what I could teach and don't really plan to teach.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

Master books but do not let them master you. Read to live not live to read.

My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness.

You may know the intractability of a disease by its long list of remedies.

I've always had way too much energy so I'm always looking for new things to do to channel that energy.

There's always a sense of pride you take out on the field to play your best every night you go out there. Sometimes your best stinks.

People love to say we get paid a lot of money to play a game, but it stopped being a game when you start getting paid.

I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.

The night is shattered, and the blue stars shiver in the distance.

It's a long way back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don't sweat the small stuff.

God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices.