Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.

Honor your self. Worship your self. Meditate on your self. God dwells within you as you.

The supreme bliss that pulsates in the wake of meditation is your pure essence.

If a religion does not teach love, respect, and regard for others, it cannot be the religion of humanity.

Your mind makes you dance like a monkey all the time... Now you have to become stronger; you have to make the mind dance. Make it dance on the stage of mantra. For that, mediate and repeat mantra.

Revere the body and care for it, for it is a temple.

It is man's foremost duty to awaken the understanding of the inner self and to know his own real inner greatness. Once he knows his true worth, he can know the worth of others.

One who loves his own Self loves the whole world.

Meditation stills the wandering mind and establishes us forever in a state of peace.

You are purer than the pure. Never manifold, you are individual Consciousness. Unborn, unchanging, all-pervasive You are a mountain of joy.

The foolish being who lives making even the slightest distinction between the supreme Self and his own self will always be subject to fear.

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.

I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before.

One of my Miss America judges called me a "God-clutcher" way back when because I spoke about my faith being an important part of my life during my interview.

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.

Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.

Zen is poetry; poetry is Zen.

My life is just a never-ending work in progress.