If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Money can buy popularity, but it can never buy greatness. Your decisions and actions speak louder than everything else.

Service for one another, service for mankind,

I believe in one Gnostic and Catholic Church of Light, Life, Love and Liberty, the Word of whose Law is THELEMA .

It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact.

Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that.

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.

I just want to be known for what I do, not who I know.

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise