We shall choose our adversaries, not the other way around.

Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.

Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you understand my love–because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.