There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.

When the soul is starved for nourishment, it lets us know with feelings of emptiness, anxiety, or yearning

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest.

Our mission on earth is to recognize the void - inside and outside of us - and fill it.

When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.

Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully.

Before the day begins, you are not yet engaged in any physical activities. And it is only physically that you are constrained by the limits of time and place; mentally, there are no such boundaries.

Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

...don't you realize a flawless profile means nothing when a mere smile drives me to desperation? Don't you covet that power?..

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.

Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.

Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.

It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first on Christmas.

There is a big difference between tweeting to your friend about something that is happening and having a real personal relationship with people.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the services of first-class conductors. They are sick and tired of dealing with singers, as I am.

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

It has taken these many hundreds of millions of years to fine-tune the Earth to a point where it is suitable for the likes of us.