The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility.

One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'

To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of one's thoughts.

If you really want to examine your strength, see how many times a day you are disturbed.

Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.

Life does not need to be changed. Only your intent and actions do.

Meditation is a journey without movement. In the external world you have to move in order to go ahead, in meditation you don't move, yet you attain.

Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately.

The law of life is to leave behind the ground one is standing on and then step forward.

If you learn to go beyond the jabbering of your mind, and can go to the deeper aspects of your consciousness, then body, breath, and mind will not come in your way.

It is He who manifests as both matter and consciousness. There is no place where God is not. In every atom, in every living being He alone is present.

I don’t feel that my faith is threatened by evolution at all. If I were convinced of Darwinian evolution some day, I would just become a Theistic Evolutionist like the guys at BioLogos.

Positive thinking is sword of life.

I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.

We meet thus in kitsch with a reappropriation of the results of past struggles.

Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future.

I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

It is almost as if the human brain were specifically designed to misunderstand Darwinism, and to find it hard to believe

Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.

What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked?

Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.