Truth leads to good deeds, and good deeds lead to Paradise. Falsehood leads to evil deeds, and evil deeds lead to the Fire.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.

The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Insects have their own point of view about civilization a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat.

If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.

Lovers can find nothing to say to each other that has not been said and unsaid a thousand times over. Kisses were invented to translate such nothings into wounds

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

If seeing that other person's pain brings up your fear or anger or confusion (which often happens), just start doing tonglen for yourself and all the other people who are stuck in the very same way.

Everybody's motivation comes from the core of who they are.