At the end of our lives we hope we will look back and, like an incense stick completely burned away, will have poured forth all our fragrance into the world.

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love

The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness.

What is important is not the specific manner in which God is worshiped but the degree to which the devotee is filled with love. (48-49)

Relinquishing selfish wants, one is free to allow others to travel their own paths under the will of God. (18)

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)

Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

The time to right the wrong ticks with precission.

Expect to wonder to find wonder.

The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won’t happen if you compromise away the entire process.

I find something new in the Bible every time I read it . . . that can be the experience of everyone who comes to it wanting to discover more of God’s truth.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

She did not look at the daffodils. They didn't mean anything. She looked at the daffodils. She said, 'Thank you for the daffodils.

Safety isn't expensive, its priceless.

It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.

I was in love. With a two-dimensional object. A mute in love with a painting. Lovely. Just lovely.

But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So there's something more going on than just reflecting the neighborhood, yeah.