Live more quietly. Live more seeking God's presence in your own heart.

The two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness.

I know that everybody is seeking bliss. And they're all looking for it mostly in the wrong ways, and as a result of that, they err, but there's no reason to hate them; they just don't know any better. Jesus himself on the cross said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." And so people who hate you, that's their problem. It doesn't have to be your problem. I wish them well.

Realize that to have friends one must first be a friend. Make friendship a priority in your life.

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

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.

I had always been very rational, but I'd always used reason in such a way as to convince myself that reasoning alone would not solve anything, really. Reasoning is theoretical. Until you feel with your heart, you don't know if a thing is true. I found that book was absolutely authentic. I absolutely knew it was the truth. My whole heart accepted it.