To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

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.

You will find what you are looking for when you realize God has placed those longings in your heart as a divine desire

Everybody must have a fantasy.

It is good to know that every single title/rank you hold is earned in a high cost of hard work, not some random self given title/rank.

She has her own brand of strength, brought to the surface by the dim glow of the streetlight and the whisper of night air on her skin.

...His argument, as set out in The Problems of Philosophy, was based on the empirical fact that we are not only aware of things but are also, very frequently, aware of being aware of them.

Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?

I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.

If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

We try to effectively free ourselves up to be creative, to think about what might be possible, to come up with truly innovative ways to enact our values-driven positions.