"Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent." If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states." -- Eknath Easwaran

"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable." -- Leo C. Rosten

"A lean purse is easier to cure than endure." -- George S. Clason

"I've got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock." -- Henny Youngman

"Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in." -- Ted Cook

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings." -- Hodding Carter

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." -- Katherine Mansfield