I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Find the problems—not to complain—but to solve.

I believe that for every illness or ailment known to man, that God has a plant out here that will heal it. We just need to keep discovering the properties for natural healing.

To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints.

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are.

I went through times of self-hate, thinking how undeveloped spiritual I was. Everyone else in the ashram, a thousand people, nobody had a girlfriend or boyfriend. I did.

In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

I like situations that force me to rethink things.

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.

Your happy songs bring to me the scent of Heaven. Please keep singing!