Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.

Giving and receiving is the law of life. When we give with love and accept with deepest gratitude, our souls rejoice.

The author relates George Bernard Shaw's sentiments that polite conversation excludes the only two subjects that matter, religion and politics.

My friend and I have built a wall Between us thick and wide: The stones of it are laid in scorn And plastered high with pride.

I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

People hold an image of you and project that image when they feel you are changing. Disappear for a while. Break up your routines.

Once you acknowledge that reality is not your enemy, it will no longer be your enemy.

The flowering of love is meditation.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Understanding that celebrity derives from and is a result of some form of accomplishment, it's always gratifying to work with individuals who have made some sort of contribution to society.

The art of work . . . It is going to your work as you go to worship, with a prayer of thankfulness and the aspiration to serve.