You can never totally control your ego, but you can understand it enough to make it control itself by convincing it that you are doing what it wants.

I’m going to tell you something that will make you very happy: your god is the one true god. Just remember, I am telling this to everyone… and I mean it.

A true leader should have the power to begin, the eloquence to communicate, the patience to execute and the wisdom to evaluate. Without one, he remains a slave to he who possesses it.

Wise people offer their wisdom for free and accept all gifts, for they know that the universe is not giving them gifts, but tools they will need on their road to wisdom.

It is an insult to a wise person when his motives for guiding are questioned. However, he understands that people aren’t used to free gifts and still helps them anyway.

A leader, without wisdom, is dangerous. A wise person, without leadership, is useless. But if they work together, they are unstoppable.

Find that person who will make your whole world tremble with a few words. Apprentice yourself faithfully to him until you can make your own world tremble constantly.

The relationship between apprentice and mentor is one of the most beautiful and most sacred relationships. In sharing his wisdom with his apprentice, the mentor discovers even more wisdom to share.

There are only three things which increase when shared: love, wisdom and happiness.

The universe is an ocean upon which we are the waves. While some decide to surf, others venture to dive.

When you allow the spirit to speak through you and empower it with love, you will discover things you didn't know you knew.

People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it.

When the heart gets hurt, It always rains.

A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.

My heart is happy my mind is free. I had a father who talked with me.

O thou, whose days are yet all spring, Faith, blighted once, is past retrieving; Experience is a dumb, dead thing; The victory's in believing.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God.

Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.