A tree is a being that is more spiritual than material.

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward.

Instead of looking for love, give it; constantly renew it in yourself and you will always feel its presence within you. It will always be there smiling at you, gazing on you kindly.

The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

Gratitude is what opens the spiritual doors to all the blessings. Everything becomes clear, you see, you feel, you live.

Whatever your trials, remind yourself that you are a spirit and are capable of changing your destiny.

Peace is the result of an inner state of harmony. It is not obtained by eliminating anything external, it is inside ourselves that we must find and suppress the causes of war.

There is no more worthy, more glorious or more potent work, than to work with light.

Do not direct all your energies towards seeking pleasure but rather towards a sublime ideal. Your energies will then serve you and contribute to the realisation of your goal or ideal.

But in the end I'd marry her to the one she herself loved. To a father, the man his daughter falls in love with herself always seems the worst. That's how it is.

Insecurity, thy name is teenager.

Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.

In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.

What radical constructivism may suggest to educators is this: the art of teaching has little to do with the traffic of knowledge, its fundamental purpose must be to foster the art of learning.

We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is.

While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.

I’m not interested in being polite. It’s false.

There are writers I know and respect who are very good about what's outside, and not too hot about what's inside.

We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.