The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?