A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

What good the eyes without anything behind them ? (A quoi bon les yeux - Sans rien derrière eux ?)

I spend almost every morning with mail.

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

I'm always sad to see a relationship not work, but what happens between two people is not my business.

The owners of a dog which swallowed a diamond worth £12000 had to wait three days until it re-emerged. With a bit of planning it could have been a nice way to propose.

I flipped the good doctor the bird. Snorting, Gideon caught my hand and pulled me back down the hall. "What is it with you and giving people the finger?" "What? It's a classic.

Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future.