What are we going to get out of life? This can understandably be a question of fundamental importance to us. We begin with certain basic needs and desires. It is important to have a comfortable home, plenty of food, a meaningful and well-paying job, comfort, companionship, and joy. However, many of us have not fully realized a simple, basic principle: for our receiving to take place, we must first give. Giving and receiving are two aspects of the same law of life.

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.

Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

...Making people get over the concept that they've got the total proof. To get them to feel, 'Gee, I want to learn more. I want to hear anybody who can tell me something in addition to ways I already know about God or my spiritual principles.