Oscar Wilde

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

When I was young, I thought that money was the most important thing in the world. Now that I’m old . . . I know it is.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten

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

There’s nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, If you believe in Me, you ain’t going to have no troubles.

There is no path to happiness: Happiness is the path.

The essence of Buddhism is, if you can, to help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it’s important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

I have a bit of supernatural take on life. For a moment, I went over to the other side. Since then, I can feel the presence of the departed. I’m very sensitive to it.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir – a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?

The Zen expression Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.