To pray is, first of all, to let one's mind be empty. It is to cast aside for a while "the self" that has existed until now, letting only God live in one's heart.

The spirit of love and good art have equal beauty

When a person understands what sort of existence a human being is, and what exactly the "self" is, that person has been liberated forever.

World peace comes about when each individual lives in a peaceful setting. Likewise, when each individual lives in a peaceful setting, it means that world peace has been realized.

"Heaven" refers to the realm that is the interior part of a human being, and that the "divine self" is none other than the selfless light existing in our innermost depths.

People need a parental divine love which will attend to them above all else, no matter what happens

The existence of God is infinite love itself.

Our prayer will never grow obsolete, no matter what other ideas or philosophies may appear, or what other measures may be taken

What is God? God is the great life that fills the universe; it is the principle of life aswell.

Although your physical body was created, you are the one who makes this body function. In other words, you are the divine life known as God. I call it a life branching out from God.

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.

If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race.

Without me, rap is just a bunch of orphans.

It is easier to recognize the quality of leadership in the behavior of their followers than it is in the behavior of the leader.

I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.

Good ideas have no value because the world already has too many of them. The market rewards execution, not ideas.

We want the active and zealous help of every man far-sighted enough to realize the importance from the standpoint of the nation's welfare in the future of preserving the forests.

I see nothing for the treatment of my misery but the melancholy and very local palliative of articulate art.