World peace comes about when each individual lives in a peaceful setting. Likewise, when each individual lives in a peaceful setting, it means that world peace has been realized.

The spirit of love and good art have equal beauty

When a person understands what sort of existence a human being is, and what exactly the "self" is, that person has been liberated forever.

"Heaven" refers to the realm that is the interior part of a human being, and that the "divine self" is none other than the selfless light existing in our innermost depths.

People need a parental divine love which will attend to them above all else, no matter what happens

To pray is, first of all, to let one's mind be empty. It is to cast aside for a while "the self" that has existed until now, letting only God live in one's heart.

The existence of God is infinite love itself.

Our prayer will never grow obsolete, no matter what other ideas or philosophies may appear, or what other measures may be taken

What is God? God is the great life that fills the universe; it is the principle of life aswell.

Although your physical body was created, you are the one who makes this body function. In other words, you are the divine life known as God. I call it a life branching out from God.

Nations and civilizations rise, flourish for a time, and then decay. Eventually each comes to an end. This, because of sin, is the decree of history and the way of life on this planet.

We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.

I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

Truth was, if you were going to believe something, it was best to believe in stuff that made the world seem a more interesting place.

Building a good, stable, and productive China-U.S. relationship is in our mutual interest of our two countries and our two peoples, and also contributes to peace and development.

No degree of speculative knowledge of religion is any certain sign of true piety.

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and taking from the people I admired.

You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.

Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia under the White Witch.

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.