We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

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

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

A man is literally what he thinks.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

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

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

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

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.