People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, nor more occasion for war.

When love fills your life all limitations are gone. The medicine this sick world needs so badly is love.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Live according to your highest light and more light will be given.

In the end, every startup is different. But in the beginning every startup is the same.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

Tho' there be no such Thing as Chance in the World; our Ignorance of the real Ccause of any Event has the same Influence on the Understanding, and begets a like Species of Belief or Opinion.

I know six years is a big break. But I never walked away from music. I never released an album because I wanted to do a different album, something I have never done before.

Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.

We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.

Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor the players liked the finale, which I also think rather horrible.

Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more separation.