Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.

Women are not just waiting to be filled up with resources-they're waiting to put their resources on the table to be able to lead towards a different world

I'm sorry for ignoring you but that's all I can do. Iloveyou

True humility means giving joy to others.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth it's a shield.

Jesus won't try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won't be confused about who's doing the talking.

When we grow in spiritual consciousness, we identify with all that is in the world there is no exploitation. It is ourselves we're helping, ourselves we're healing.

The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books.