“By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.”

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

Change your life by changing your thoughts.

Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.

The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.

The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.

The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.

Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.

When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.

Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.

I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.

I wanted to show the world, to show United that I was ready to play and I was motivated to play. This comeback just showed that I left United, but the power of my heart was still here, to be honest.

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what happens in the world. It’s a creator of inwardness.

The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.

I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.