To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Rosalie had never been one to question or accuse, just to forgive -- but I guess everyone had their limits when it came to tolerance levels, and I’d crossed the line.

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes]

In addition to the artistic influences, I am influenced by my current private life, my feelings about it and my energy level and state of health.

Practice meditating on the heart chakra. This is only one of them, but it's quite good for the first few years of your meditative practice.

The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.

The bed is a metaphysical piece of furniture.

Thought makes everything fit for use.

And so tonight we're going to make the lie true, and when that's done, I'll bring the liquor back here and we'll get drunk together, here, tonight, in this place that death has come into...