[M]editation is the life of of most other duties

when you do more than you learn, you leave a distinctive notable footprint on earth

You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination - what's right and what's wrong what's good and what's bad.

Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

I always remember liking school.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

Not that I had any special reason for hating school. Strange as it may seem to my readers, I was not unpopular there. I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

All the pictures in magazines and all of that is fun but in the end it's all about your soul and who you are and have you connected with the people.

I was never a good-looking bloke. Not by a long chalk.

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

Fear based parenting is the surest way to create intimidated children.