When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

Thank you Heavenly Father. You heard my petition. You have answered my plea.May your name be glorified and be praised.

Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactor.

Odds are just the people opinion. Respect your own opinion.

Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.

One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and doing a show.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

I love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries.

Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.