“Your mother wasnt upset. Scars stay with you so you dont forget, she said. She seemed almost satisfied.”

“Anger is essential if one is to survive this world. Its not just a degenerate emotion that destroys everything in its path. If it were so completely destructive, why would people of every religion ...”

“Can you lose your inborn talents? Can the gifts you come into this world with be taken away without your even noticing? Maybe its my fault for wanting always to stem the fires within me? Perhaps th...”

“Sometimes, when you are busy and children ask funny questions, you dont think so much. You just answer quickly so they will leave you alone. If you dont answer, they will just keep asking or they w...”

“I struggle to discover what these silent sons of mine want, but words have always failed me. They are sullen even as they tell me they are okay. I know they are lying but there is nothing I can do.”

“The first sound a child hears is very important. It determines character. A Muslim child always hears the Azan first. Words in praise of God. Words to live by.”

“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.”

“Ne wonders what it is like to burn, staring at ones ending right around the corner, and yet not knowing how the end will come, when one will be fully consumed by the void.”

“Discover continually until you are consumed with a passion to know God”

“Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come t...”

“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”

“We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”