Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

Nothing goes right on the outside when nothing is going right on the inside.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

The holy God proved holy by his righteous acts.

Your assignment must at least better the lives of people around you and the world at large.

The outcome is not up to you. The outlook is.

The two women looked at me as if I were the Messiah returning with their personal salvations sealed in separate envelopes.

If it were Christ's intention to save all men, how deplorably He has been disappointed!

Rock concerts are the churches of today.

Oh, get out of the way, Percy,” said Fred. “Harry’s in a hurry.” “Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,” said George, chortling.

No single organism could be understood without observing and comprehending the entire colony.

The death of Satan was a tragedy For the imagination.

I don't really go for the swagger thing too much.