If you realize that those who do mean things are psychologically ill, your feelings of anger will turn to feelings of pity.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, nor more occasion for war.

When love fills your life all limitations are gone. The medicine this sick world needs so badly is love.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Live according to your highest light and more light will be given.

This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family.

You always want an album to sound like its own little planet.

Our intellect has created a new world that dominates nature, and has populated it with monstrous machines.

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.

I know what nuns are, kind of. It's just I never saw one. I didn't know they looked like penguins.

What you allow you encourage.

The present is only intelligible in the light of the past.

Did you hear charming Karren Brady this morning complaining about sexism? Do me a favour, love.

What makes me feel strong? Being in love and work. I must work.