Life has its ups and downs. When you are up, enjoy the scenery. When you are down, touch the soul of your being and feel the beauty.

Propaganda is what gives us the freedom to do as we are told.

That which does hurt us makes us understand life better.

You do not need to be a mountain to feel strong. Be like a little flexible stream to have true power.

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

Value of your life is nothing but the time that you have.

If God created our will, then he’s responsible for every choice we make… So– as I recall, the official philosophical answer is that free will doesn’t exist. Only the illusion of free will, because the...

This is a beautiful morning; the sun is rising with a smiling face. Everything around me is alive and smiling. Everything is whispering in my ear to enjoy every moment and enjoy the morning. My...

I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty.

Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like...

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

Kindness is the best nourishment for humanity.

Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire...

True education should teach us how to think, how to see the beauty in the midst of ugliness, how to love without judging, how to find opportunity to help, and how to develop a peaceful...

The cure for love is the love itself.

If the Blind Men could see in their dreams, they would not wake up ever again.

A beautiful person is a person who can see the beauty in the midst of ugliness.

Happiness is the inner perception of calmness, tranquility and joy.

Philosophy is to a thinker … what push-ups are to a model.

To change the action, change thoughts first.

Miss Abbott, don’t worry over me. Some people are born not to do things. I’m one of them.

Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which need to be carefully evaluated before they are applied to the...

Humility makes us more friendly Happiness makes us more lively.Love makes us more caringDream makes us more daring.Trust makes us more forgivingKindness makes us more loving.Hope gives us the joy of dreamingPeace gives us the...

What each individual wills is obstructed by everyone else, and what emerges is something that no one willed.

It is one of the Laws of the Universe that when you need a big hole to swallow you up, it is never there.

Let us love and let it be the purpose of our life.

There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the Buddha. Obviously to ask that question is to look in the wrong direction,...

When you serve the humanity and contribute to the society without expectation, you are happy.

At a time when the joy of living is more painful than imagining the beauty of eternal life, we leave our life behind.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

Whenever you smile, whenever you care, whenever you love, whenever you share, your spirit will dance with joy because happiness is there.

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot...

All around the recognized word and the comprehended sentence, the other graphisms take flight, carrying with them the visible plenitude of shape and leaving only the linear, successive unfurling of meaning — not one drop...

Women often forget that the man she is complaining about is a creation of a mother like her.

The time is always right, just act.

What is the meaning of life? What is our purpose on earth? These are some of the great, false questions of religion. We need not answer them, for they are badly posed, but we can...

I am happy because my mind is always filled with happy thoughts.

Flowers are the poetry of the earth we are supposed to love and understand.

One does what one is; one becomes what one does.

If you are never the cause of someone’s sadness, you will never have difficulties finding happiness.

A man dies when hope flies.

Ever wonder why the media never refers to 18 or 19 year old American soldiers as “armed teens”?

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

Always start your day with positive thoughts and attitude of gratitude.

We are creatures built on a house of cards of language.

Giving and receiving are the same process. You are the conduit playing your role.

Most of us will perish before knowing who we are and why we came here.

Truth can be stated simply, but cannot be understood as such.

Tonight I have nothing to do but to dream and hope.

It is interesting to find that those whom I like, they also like me.