Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in his power, and while the mind is calm and undisturbed.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.

Stars shine even for those who refuse to look up.

I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling.

Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.

Time's a strange fellow; more he gives than takes (and he takes all).

Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the sensorial worlds as access points or pathways to ineffability.

Money is a bad god. People are a bad god. They don't have the power to do what God can do.

Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.

I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for me.