The churches had left me cold, but I thought there's got to be a God. I remember going out, this is in Charleston, South Carolina, and my desire then was to be a playwright, and I was studying theater, and I went out one night, late at night, and I asked, "What can God be if there is a God?" I wasn't sure there was a God, but if there is a God, what must he be? Well, he can't be a judge, who's up there just waiting for us to make a mistake so he can clap us into hell. There's got to be something more than that.

You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness.

The secret of success is doing things not merely because they are popular, but because you deeply believe in them.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

To be happy, you must live in, but not for, the present moment.

The real sign of His blessings is if you can have more and more happiness inside. Learn always to be happy; to be happy with the happiness of God. Even- minded and cheerful. This is the fastest route to divine bliss.

The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words.