Human beings are such social animals. We're very connected with the feelings of those we're close to, so we can't really be happy when the ones we are close to are unhappy.

When all is lost, when all is let go of, when all is abandoned, what you are left with is an ocean of bliss.

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance.

You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through.

Live fully each day to the full . . .

Hate poisons your life.

It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss.

Everyone has the same life purpose, which is the quest of happiness for oneself and for others.

I am daily making myself what I am.

A possession can't make you happy.

The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself.

I am the illegal alien of commentary. I will do the jokes that no one else will do.

In a moment everything could suddenly change, but God and His promises remain the same.

What's joy to one is a nightmare to the other.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar.

When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted.