Not only a truer knowledge, but a greater power comes to one in the quietude and silence of a mind that, instead of bubbling on the surface, can go to its own depths and listen.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.

I've said my friend, not once, but twice, never trust a preety girl cause darkness waits a mile behind her smile!!

I just want Christians to embrace the fact that music is made not just for the church, but it's also for the people that need to hear about the love of God.

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

Posthumous men-myself, for example-are not as well understood as timely ones, but we are listened to better. More precisely: we are never understood-hence our authority.

There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.

I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show.