If someone gets a bigger house, does that automatically make them happy? Maybe for a second. But then they worry about the bigger house and how to take care of it.

When all is lost, when all is let go of, when all is abandoned, what you are left with is an ocean of bliss.

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance.

You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through.

Live fully each day to the full . . .

Hate poisons your life.

It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss.

Everyone has the same life purpose, which is the quest of happiness for oneself and for others.

I am daily making myself what I am.

A possession can't make you happy.

The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.

There is no greater heaven the heart of a loving mother

The only things that are really permanent are love, family, friendship, and that is a lesson. At the end of the day, that's really what it boils down to. The rest of it is just stuff.

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

Jesus stands absolutely alone in history; in teaching, in example, in character, an exception, a marvel, and He is Himself the evidence of Christianity.

If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off with recovery jobs.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

Once something is answered, then there's another question. Hence the eternal quest.

There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.