Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.

I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me nor I beneath him be.

Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.

If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.

Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.

A short axe can still cut down tall trees.

The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.

Misfortunes come to all men.

Hollywood to me is a place to work. Home is Chester County.

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.

Uptown living, you've got to call 911. Where I am, I am 911.

It's good to be in on the action.

Most problems look worse than they are. nothing is unfixable.

The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn't mean college or university.