There is no more worthy, more glorious or more potent work, than to work with light.

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward.

Instead of looking for love, give it; constantly renew it in yourself and you will always feel its presence within you. It will always be there smiling at you, gazing on you kindly.

The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

Gratitude is what opens the spiritual doors to all the blessings. Everything becomes clear, you see, you feel, you live.

Whatever your trials, remind yourself that you are a spirit and are capable of changing your destiny.

Peace is the result of an inner state of harmony. It is not obtained by eliminating anything external, it is inside ourselves that we must find and suppress the causes of war.

Do not direct all your energies towards seeking pleasure but rather towards a sublime ideal. Your energies will then serve you and contribute to the realisation of your goal or ideal.

A tree is a being that is more spiritual than material.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent.

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.

Chicks named Tammy have a greater chance of actually driving a Mercedes than a chick named Mercedes.

In nearly all the matters in which the Pan-German movement was wanting, the attitude of the Christian Social Party was correct and well-planned.

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

I'm in love, truly, madly, deeply in love with perception.

The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.