Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

It's probably hard to feel any sort of Romantic spiritual connection to nature when you have to make your living from it.

I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.

As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.

I'm on probation, so I can't even pick my nose the right way.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.

How we express ourselves in worship remains up in the air.