A Library of Wisdom

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.”

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first.”

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

“The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.”

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.”

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”

“I've talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: they all wanted validation.”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“Risk is not the enemy of great events. Caution is. The artists and audiences who matter want to feel something dangerous.”

“The most important thing is not how fast you run, but that you show up and do the work.”

“Play for the name on the back of the jersey, not the front.”

“The gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time.”

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

“Silence is the language God speaks, and everything else is a poor translation.”

“A festival is a temporary city built on hope. Your job is to make sure everyone who enters believes in something greater than themselves.”

“Community building is the real business we're in. The music is just the vehicle. If you focus on the community, the business takes care of itself.”

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“I am not, I am not at all. Consciousness is not mine. There is no 'me'.”

“The real race is the one happening inside your head.”

“The finish line is just the beginning of understanding what your body is capable of.”

“Pain is temporary, but the memory of conquering it lasts forever.”