No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.

We have learned that social injustice is the destruction of justice itself.

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.

It's important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water. There are incredible, beautiful opportunities out there.

What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business.

This one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.

There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace.

Work, especially good work, becomes easy only when desire has learnt to discipline itself.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.