Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

I’ve been very fortunate.

The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house… So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

Relish everything that’s inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He’s doing.

God didn’t make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God… If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.

Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.

There’s nothing I have to hide or defend. I’m gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don’t know why, but they will. And that’s okay.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Is it not important to find out how to listen not only to what is being said but to everything – to the noise in the streets, to the chatter of birds, to the noise of the tramcar, to the restless sea, to the voice of your husband, to your wife, to your friends, to the cry of a baby?

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don’t be concerned with dessert.

Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

You don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.

When it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you know. There are just some times you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means you’ve got to set those phones down.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

Jesus didn’t die for us so we could pretend to be something we’re not.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I’m grateful for the evangelical resurgence we’ve seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God’s doing.

I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I’m very, very grateful; it’s a fun job. It’s a luxury.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn’t.

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.

Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you’re in, you’re gonna worry about raising kids. But it’s champagne problems, too. There are people who can’t feed their kids.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Being seventy is not a sin.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.