Those who walk, run, or slide downhill eagerly would rather not think about the long, hard climb back up the hill again.

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.

If you want to do one good thing in the world, the best thing you can do is give other people joy.

Happiness is like a plant: It must be watered daily with giving thoughts and actions.

Be thou a true yogi. A yogi who understands that everything he's looking for is really inside himself. Learn to live more in the Self.

The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death.

Even-minded and cheerful. When things go bad, you'll find that the same kind of attitude comes to you naturally.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

Happiness is reverence for all life.

Spirituality means seeking experience. Not just belief.

Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.

Dance on the stage of life with love in your heart, a smile on your face, and a great vision in your mind.

Music is feelings in search of words.

The movers & shakers of the world are not imbued with special powers. Once you realize that, you too can attain your rightful mantle.

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.

The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a reformation in religion.

Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.

Fortune or fame, you must pick one or the other, though neither of them are to be what they claim.

Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life.

As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.