The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.

It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

The nightmare of Trump is not that he doesn't care what people think

Testing time is the time for an increase in praise.

The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!

That's what I represent: love.

Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

In the corporate world, sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures.

Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.

Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.

The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow.

I've taken my knocks here and there, but I believe my intentions are good. Doesn't mean everything I do is perfectly executed or I don't make mistakes. Of course I do.