The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return

For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

I am the Atma abiding in the heart of all beings. I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.

Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.[Trans. Purohit Swami]

Magnificent God.Mighty God.Merciful God.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.

Sin is a thing of time, but mercy is from everlasting. Transgression is but of yesterday, but mercy was ever of old. Before you and I sought the Lord, the Lord sought us.

The past is pregnant with the present.

In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.

Get back on the bike and tell me where to go." "I'll tell you where to go," I muttered sourly, and he laughed.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

I didn't come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."