“Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.”

Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.

Inside each one of us is a beautiful flower garden. This is the garden of the soul. With each lesson we learn, the garden grows. As we learn together, our individual gardens form a tranquil paradise.

True success is the only thing that you cannot have unless and until you have offered it to others.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.

Each individual has to know himself. He has to know himself as the infinite, eternal and immortal Consciousness.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.

If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.

It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.

Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration. Whatever you do, do with love and concern. Whomever you see, see with purity’s beauty And responsibility’s glory.

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

True humility means giving joy to others.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.

Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they’re qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some teachers, but in the main I see home-schooling as misguided foolishness.

Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn’t unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn’t budge.

I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.

I did not feel ‘evil’ when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.

I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they’re going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I’m serious.