Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there.

...power doesn’t shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust.

In the soft light of morning, the sky outside turning light blue, my answer is always and still: “I’m fine.

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

Tragedy is a literary concept.

The Servant who really studies his Master gradually becomes like his master; gradually learns that he himself is the one who in the end does all the work and has all the power.

To build a more healthy, peaceful and equitable world the classrooms of the world have to be full of girls as well as boys.

Each fragrance bottle and name captured a moment in time perfectly.

I want balance in my life.

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro... this is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.