Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.

Hard work precedes great success.

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at you bravest

All things are in all.

When my faith is getting weak And I feel like giving in You breathe into me again.

In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death.

To be authentic is to stop pretending to be what think you are, because you are not.

And many of the people who buy or found banks have had no experience in banking at all. If they can learn it, so can we.

I think to be a good teacher you need an enormous amount of patience and I'm a very impatient person.