If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid.

Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.

The woman of my dreams. The woman of my nightmares. Everything good and bad about my life. The “I do” that “I didn’t.

A true spiritual teacher will never guide you through the door, only to the door.

Happiness lies in our heart. We have to nurture it with blossoms of faith and steady stream of goodness to brush aside the thistles of everyday strife.

Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to self-dissatisfaction despite notable achievements.

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?

My family, my parents are hippies.