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.”

“Building a community through events means creating rituals that people want to return to, again and again.”

“A festival is a conversation between the artist and the audience. The promoter is just the translator.”

“The greatest gift you can give an audience is your undivided attention and presence in the moment.”

“Surrender is not weakness; it is the highest form of strength.”

“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.”

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

“You are not separate from the whole. You are the whole, pretending to be a part.”

“In the attitude of silence, the soul finds the path in a clearer light.”

“Emptiness is not nothingness; it is the fullness of all possibilities.”

“Be like water.”

“The ultramarathon doesn't care about your excuses. It only cares about your effort.”

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”

“Running isn't about the destination. It's about becoming who you're meant to be.”

“The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.”