There are no prizes for average performance.
Nothing is less instructive than a machine.
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.
A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.
Physically, my character is stronger than him which is totally unrealistic,. . . Because in reality he can. . . kill me. I think it has a lot to do with (him being) the youngest of all of his brothers, and I think he got beat up a lot.
Sahaja Yoga is nothing but love, love, love. How much you love others is the main point.
As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.