The purpose of human life is the dissolution of the soul and the revelation of the Spirit.

In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.

There are no successes and failures in life, only achievements - stepping stones.

My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of my soul. My soul is mine, but my soul is not me, My soul is an expression of me - for I am.

If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to look like, what sort of a bloom will we get?

The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".

As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created.

To have knowledge and to know are two different things, and one is possible without the other.

Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking.

Forgiveness. It is beneficial to forgive but better not to condemn in the first place.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

By affirming your own gifts and accomplishments, you build your confidence and increase your ability to build a brighter future.

I know you can't please everybody; you can't make everybody happy, but just getting that perception that I don't care about basketball and what it brings is a lie.

To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.

Golf is like a chain. You always have to work on the weakest links.

Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner.

Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

The performances had to be live. When you play it back, you can see if the hands aren't really doing the right thing, and then the whole magic falls apart.

You take the senses away, and there is no consciousness. Consciousness comes from experience.

Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.