“In a noisy world like ours, the best gift to have is a quiet mind. In a dangerous world like this one, the best gift to own is a calm soul. In a life like we are placed in, the best gift to receive is a serene outlook. May we have all three of these gifts.”

“One day, I will look back upon my life and I will say, “That’s not the life I planned, but I lived it.” I may not have lived the life I planned, but I will have lived the life that I have.”

“My pursuit of spirituality does not consist of ritual, nor of regimen. My spirituality is embodied by laughter and heartfelt enjoyments. My spirituality does not make me look serious and dignified. But my spirituality makes me look awe-inspired like a child. Try to take this away from me and I will run from what you try to feed me. There is no truer truth than innocence, no truer truth than joy.”

“It’s a pity… to wait for a person to decide that she doesn’t need anyone. There is nothing more frightening than someone who doesn’t need anybody. Nobody is born that way; but then people make it so.”

“When we go through a bad time,All others seem to have a good one.”

“We become so focused on the individual events and circumstances of our lives, so eager to label them as “good” or “bad”, when in fact, everything is just LIFE! Everything, all of it, it’s all just LIFE.”

“She said to me, “I’m just looking towards the day when I get out of this hell, and asking myself if I will ever get out of it.” And I said to her, “Something I have learned in life is that we often don’t get out of hell; we just learn how to live in it.” And tears fell down her face.”

“In order to receive a miracle from God, you must first be in a position to need a miracle from God. Appreciate your adversities in advance.”

“Life is neither hard nor easy, life is life. Understanding this will help you endure every life situation, for life is neither hard nor easy, life is simply life.”

“We seek excellence before we seek understanding, wisdom before we gain knowledge, success before we understand hardwork; for this reason we need great teachers and leaders.”

“A wise man learns from his failures. A brilliant man learns how not to fail.”

“Lots of people wait around “for the right time”. People don’t know that there is no such thing as a right time. Time is never right nor wrong. The only negative factor of time is that you can lose it and the only positive factor of time is that you can seize it.”

“Genius cannot simply float in the clouds, it must also operate down on earth.”