Only a fool makes threats, and only another fool feels threatened.

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together.

The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us.

And to know how to demand - with all one's might - what one wants

O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds, the whistling of the wind, or the boom of thunder, I see in them evidence of Your unity; I feel that You are supreme power, omniscience, supreme knowledge, and supreme justice. I recognize You, O God, in the trials I am going through. May Your pleasure be my pleasure, too. May I be Your joy, the joy that a Father feels for a son. And may I think of You calmly and with determination, even when I find it hard to say I love You.