“Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.”

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.

I don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.

As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.

Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.

Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.

The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.

You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.

In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.

Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.

Your sorrowful beauty can soften a stone, and dampen the eyes of a god.

If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.

Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

I still don’t think I’m really a beautiful person, but I know that I can be beautiful inside.

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love.

She had perfect features, with her eye, nose, lips, and ears the right size and in right places. That is all it takes to make people beautiful, normal body parts – yet why does nature mess it up so many times?

There’s no better feeling than realizing you no longer reside in the same realm you used to. Growth is so beautiful.