He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

God always has patience.

Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

What’s the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

Your body has space within you that cannot die.

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

There’s nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

I think there’s a lot of similarity between what people try to do with religion with what they want from art. In fact, I very specifically think that they are same thing. Not that religion and art are the same, but that they both tap into the same need we have for surrender.

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

I don’t think I get angry.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

A man’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

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

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Worshipping the Lord means giving Him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing – not only by our words – that He alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before Him that He is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

If you’re not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your ‚today.‘ The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that’s yours in Christ. Don’t let it go.

We are eternal beings – spirit children of heavenly parents.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection – you cannot cope with the future.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.

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

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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

Until you pray, God cannot work.

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.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

I thank God I’m myself and for the life I’m given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God’s work everywhere will be your reward.

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.