My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, ‚The Intoxication of Life,‘ ‚The Purpose of Life,‘ ‚The Real Cause of Man’s Distress,‘ ‚The Journey to the Goal in Life,‘ and, one of my favorites, ‚The Heart of Man.‘ They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

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.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

I’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

It’s always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable!

If you’re going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

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

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

Mine is better than ours.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don’t find any conflict among them.

‚Trilogy‘ was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn’t left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that’s probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that’s what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren’t many people who can be put in high positions who won’t start thinking highly of themselves.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

God doesn’t do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it’s not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a bit naive. Yes, but the best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.