Attachment is the state of ignorance or forgetfulness, and thus clinging to a memory of enjoyment

The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.

I was always seeking truth from childhood. And I identified truth with many things, with science, with politics, with art, and I kept coming back to the thought that without God I can't get to what I'm looking for.

Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.

That's what life is for, to find that joy in yourself.

Happiness is reverence for all life.

The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death.