The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely.

If you want to take care of tomorrow, take better care of today. We always live now. All we have to do is entrust ourselves to the life we now live.

You cannot find any peace by escaping from human pain and suffering; you have to find peace and harmony right in the midst of human pain. That is the purpose of spiritual life

If you want to find Buddha nature, love someone and care for them.

The moment between before and after is called Truth.

All of us experience a gap between our minds and the reality of time—that's why we suffer.

The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick.

Spiritual security means you are fully alive and comfortable in your life as it is, without expecting anything.

Whatever you think is delusion.

Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding.

Make positive effort for the good.

Internalising success means that even if a misfortune takes away all the evidence or traces of success, yet what made you successful, remains. Soon enough, the evidence will return.

Until you have given up yourself to Him, you will not have a real self.

Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.

Perhaps he wanted to be alone with Dr. G., who was here, but he should have let me know. At Hoffmann's I felt I was sitting on hot coals, expecting him to arrive every moment.

Sometimes just looking at [my parents] I wanted to bash their heads with a tire iron. Not to kill them, just to wake them up.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die. - Ty from Stolen

Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children their birthright of play.