Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses.

In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.

There are no successes and failures in life, only achievements - stepping stones.

My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of my soul. My soul is mine, but my soul is not me, My soul is an expression of me - for I am.

The purpose of human life is the dissolution of the soul and the revelation of the Spirit.

If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to look like, what sort of a bloom will we get?

The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".

As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created.

To have knowledge and to know are two different things, and one is possible without the other.

Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking.

Need is choice come to fruition.

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies.

Being "brave" means doing or facing something frightening. ... Being "fearless" means being without fear.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

I'm a positive guy, even if I don't smile a lot.

Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.

The poet is an untier of knots, and love without words is a knot, and it drowns.

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.

I am sincere, ma petite, even when I lie.