Take me and cast me where you will; I shall still be possessor of the divinity within me, serene and content.

No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.

People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.

...the infallible man does not exist.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.