“If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.”

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.

At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.

Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.

Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.

It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.

We should all be more aware of what’s going on in the world around us and less ignorant.

People need to be more aware of how they’re affecting people.

For me, one of the important things about keeping vocally healthy is warming up and making sure I’m aware where my voice is at, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, and just taking care of myself with exercise and eating healthy.

Which would have been a very interesting thing to have done, but we were very aware that we wanted a bizarre kind of production value on the record.

Everything you are seeking is seeking you in return. Therefore, everything you want is already yours. So, you don’t have to get anything. It is simply a matter of becoming more aware of what you already possess.

Here’s what you know: you know when you’re getting laid, and you know when it’s all over. Those are the only two things you’re aware of.

He knows it’s important but he doesn’t know what to do with it.