Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

God made the senses turn outwards, man therefore looks outwards, not into himself. But occasionally a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself.

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important.

I have never been able to understand the compelling phrase, 'keeping up with the Joneses.' It does not matter very much whether I keep up with Tom Jones or anybody else; what is important is to keep up with myself by making my today a little better than my yesterday.