Without loving and caring for others, most of us stand little chance of communing with God/the Divine Wisdom, no matter how many years we may spend in silent prayer.

The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence: Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.

Life, like any other exciting story, is bound to have painful and scary parts, boring and depressing parts, but it's a brilliant story, and it's up to us how it will turn out in the end.

The gap between our sincere values and our actual behavior is the source of all self-hatred.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.

Meditation is simply seeing reality and acknowledging it with bare honesty.

Little by little deep inside us, the diamond shines, the eyes open, the dawn rises, we become what we already are.

Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others.

The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence:Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.

Faith and freedom is great, but it gets nowhere without faith in freedom.

HAVING NEVER taken a decent holiday before, I decided on a trip to Thailand, booked a flight and flew out the following week. Mate, I loved it. The friendly people, the food, the females!

If your efforts are sometimes greeted with indifference don't lose heart. The sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping.

I love doing shows. I love rocking shows. I love playing instruments. I love singing. If I can find a way to do that and feed my family, then I'm a happy man.

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

Darling, the world doesn't owe you anything.

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.

Whenever I have tried to do anything For Money it has always led me astray.

In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.

Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.