By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

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

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Always do whatever’s next.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.

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 was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that’s scary. It is what it is, man, I don’t be trippin‘. I couldn’t tell God when I wanted to be born.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‚Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.‘ See the positive in negative events.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I’ll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

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

I’m no genius.

Travel teaches toleration.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.

Life cannot be without relationship, but we have made it so agonizing and hideous by basing it on personal and possessive love. Can one love and yet not possess? You will find the true answer not in escape, ideals, beliefs but through the understanding of the causes of dependence and possessiveness.

One of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.

Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.

Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven’t quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

I woke up one day and thought: ‚I want to write a book about the history of my body.‘ I could justify talking about my mother because it was in her body that my body began.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

It’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.

If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don’t give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we’re hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

Intimates are predestined.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I like to reminisce with people I don’t know.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

The thing about Jiu Jitsu is it is also not for everybody. It can be very humiliating and humbling. If you have a hard time dealing with the fact that someone smaller than you may be able to tap you out, it is going to be difficult.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.