The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.

If you are called upon to play a church service, it is a greater honor than if you were to play a concert on the finest organ in the world... Thank God each time when you are privileged to sit before the organ console and assist in the worship of the Almighty.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.