Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.

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.

To really know someone is to havelove and hated him in turn.

I was so mad, I reached into the drawer for her fake sushi eraser and put it in my pocket. Serves her right for being such a big, fat, Eggo-scarfing liar.

There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.

When a man wantonly destroys a work of man we call him a vandal when a man destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman.

The study of law, medicine and the arts, in each of these instances, the developed mindset is very helpful to one who is practicing meditation.

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.

I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.