We are not in a position to criticize anyone. The existence of enemies means for us that our friendliness has not been sufficient enough.

We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.

Meditation is the sharp tool to dig out the great treasure hidden within everybody's inner personality.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.

Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.

The genius of man is hidden in the silent, settled state of mind from where every thought emerges.

If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy.

Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. If one poses to be something else, one loses the charm of naturalness. The result is that one accumulates stress.

Kind words change the world.

Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.

Gratitude is a blessed act.

What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

There's no dew left on the daisies and clover; there's no rain left in heaven.

I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of those wives who wakes up one morning and says I can't bake any more bread.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

Hazel blinked. “Two gods had a horse for a kid?” “Long story.

Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms.

Why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences?