Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.

If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

Giving is the secret of abundance.

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

Did you know that true love asks for nothing? Her Acceptance is the way we pay.

Your responsibility as a parent is never great as the case is with the mother.

History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression.

But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost turns.

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary.

Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.

When it hurts to look back, and you're afraid to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.

If I could email my jokes to the crowd and get the same immediate response [as during stand-up], I'd do that.

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.