“How we choose to deal with pain is ultimately the measure of who we are and of the success we have in closing our gaps.”

“Your governing values should be important enough to you that you will invest your time, resources, and energy in making them a fundamental part of your life.”

“Help others find their way, their own values, and guide them through lifes ups and downs.”

“Character, simply stated, is doing what you say youre going to do.”

“The only thing you have 100 percent control over is you.”

“Character, simply stated, is doing what you say you’re going to do.”

“Make sure your beliefs match who you are: love.”

“Each of your brains creates its own myth about the universe.”

“The society terms the varied paths of achieving the divine bliss as religion.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”

“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”