The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

Be peaceful to bring peace to the world.

True prayer is pleading with God for that which He wants to do anyway.

Every Christian has the chance to become an outstanding person.

I could’ve quit long ago, but there wouldn’t be nothing to quit to, unless I was ready to commit suicide.

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

Music is just something that explains people lives for them - that's what people call roots

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.

Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.