Mark Twain

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

Fortune knocks at every man’s door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.

Believe in something larger than yourself…get involved in the big ideas of your time.

Right now, it’s like this.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold & dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

The valley stream’s rushing sound is the eloquent tongue of Buddha. The mountain’s vibrant colours are nothing but the Buddha’s form.

What you possess, you lose.

I’m the fifth generation of Seventh Day Adventists and the youngest of four brothers. When I was still very small, we formed a gospel quartet.

Faith is one of the most effective tools in the human equipment. I believe that faith works.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.