What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle