Worry is spiritual short sight... Its cure is intelligent faith.

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

Every morning is like a new reincarnation into this world. Let us take it then for what it is and live each moment anew.

When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of obvious guidance or for a renewal of inner strength.

That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.

Your self is sacred; be true to it.

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.

The Quest not only begins in the heart but also ends there.

You may accept the inevitable with bitterness and resentment or with patience and grace. Mere acceptance is not sufficient.

Meditation is THE fundamental practice of the Quest.

The world is our school for spiritual discovery.

Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.

Some love is so powerful after all, that it must always include sadness, because encrypted within it is the knowledge that someday it will come to an end.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

Me and polite have never been on close terms.

Once I've designed something, I immediately move on to the next thing.

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.

In the opera we call love, the libretto is almost nothing.

Character doesn't matter.