When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

Do something, get something. Do nothing, get nothing. Doing is the beginning of being. Being is the beginning of achieving. Achieving is the essence of living and living is the spices of life

The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.

Jem knotted his fingers in the material of Will's sleeve. "You are my parabatai," he said, "You said once I could ask anything of you.

Everything is the will of God - we are only instruments of her will and we learn to just love and accept.

The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.

When you have been to the lowest part of your life, you have no choice but to sit back and just think about things. You just pay attention to so much more.

India is a youthful country. A country with such a major percentage of youth has the capability to change not only its own, but the fate of the entire world.

The angels stand between us and God, but they are translucent, even transparent, and they beckon us to penetrate their luminosity.

Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the f-ck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH!

If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary intelligence to succeed as an investor.