Worry – a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Walking is man’s best medicine.

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can’t fix the weather – you just have to get on with it.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

Everyone knows nowadays that people ‚have complexes‘. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

Meditation is not following any system; it is not constant repetition and imitation. Meditation is not concentration.

It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

I’ve had no problem harnessing anger.

My personal telephone book is a book of the dead now. I’m so old. Almost all of my friends have died, and I don’t have the guts to take their names out of the book.

It’s always interesting about God because it’s like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

Only God can look at somebody’s heart.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‚hurry sickness.‘ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

Me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side, not the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He’s given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball’s taught me on and off the court. For the people that I’ve been able to meet through the game of basketball.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.

Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

I’ve done everything every fat person ever has. I’ve tried every diet.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They’re going outside and trying everything. They don’t realize that it’s right inside themselves.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

Chemotherapy isn’t good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, ‚Well that is a good thing because it’s supposed to be poison. If it’s making the tumor feel this queasy, then I’m OK with it.‘

Life’s too short to deal with other people’s insecurities.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God – but to create him.

A dark cloud is no sign that the sun has lost his light; and dark black convictions are no arguments that God has laid aside His mercy.

A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.

I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

Jiu Jitsu is a great workout both mentally and physically. You want to be strong for it and flexible for it.