It's not just philosophy, not just words; it's knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.

Be blissful and enjoy your life; do not let yourself become obsessed with anything. Determine to use the rest of your life to benefit others as much as possible.

When you check your own mind properly, you stop blaming others for your problems.

The mind is very powerful. Therefore, it requires firm guidance. A powerful jet plane needs a good pilot; the pilot of your mind should be the wisdom that understands its nature.

Examine your own mental attitudes. Become your own therapist.

Just the idea that you are religious doesn't help at all. It does not help you; it does not help others. In order to really help others, you need to gain knowledge-wisdom.

First of all, merely by living a simple life with a heart dedicated to overcoming self-cherishing, we automatically benefit others.

No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure

There's a big difference between being able to explain religion intellectually and transforming that knowledge into spiritual experience.

Be wise. Treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness. If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with others.

Knowing your own mind is the solution to all our problems.

For the Bible there is nothing numinous, no holy or divine presence, within nature itself. Nature is a fellow creature of man.

His heart overflowed with good intentions but his fists felt best covered in blood.

Most successful people chose the path and did the things in their own way, against all the rules and guidelines, but we are everyday told to follow the rules to be a successful person.

Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.

Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.

Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak.