Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Why bad things happen to good people

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

It was a time when a degree was expected but not much respected.

Egoism’s nature is not Moha (Illusory attachment). Moha’s (Illusory attachment’s) nature is egoism. Moha is the origin of egoism.

At times I was desperate and could find no solace anywhere. Nothing seemed to work, and the weight of being trapped in my own body made it difficult to lift even a hand off the sheets.

Maybe we all have darkness inside of us and some of us are better at dealing with it than others.

I don't deserve a girl like Hatsumi, " Nagasawa once said to me. I had to agree with him.

You can't live in paradise—but you are living right here. Make this your paradise or make this your hell. The choice is entirely yours. Really.

People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Why be difficult, when with only a little bit of effort, you can be impossible?