Spiritually speaking, everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now - for those with eyes to see.

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity.

We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.

before speaking, notice what motivates your words.

You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.

Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.

The heart is an organ of perception.

We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.

Do not give hope where there is none.Do not turn away hope where there is seldom some.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

Man’s nature and destiny are revealed in the Scriptures.

When limitations breaks, multiplication sets in. Brimekonsult

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

A people that is able to say everything, becomes able to do everything. The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.

The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.

I grew up with all kinds of people.