"True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us."

“Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.”

“Without integrity, no company can have positive word of mouth”

“No matter the severity of suffering we experience in this life, it will always be less that what we have deserved for our sins”

“There's a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that inner wisdom. We've all had those aha moments. In yoga it's called prajna - a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.”

“You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.”

“The main thing that I've learned, artistically, is that if I'm in pain and feeling the budding of anger - if I absolutely feel like I need to write a song about it, I'll either need to transform that anger into something positive, or I'll just need to throw the song away. Because eventually, I'm going to want to transcend that pain and that anger.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“The Mongols consumed a steady diet of meat, milk, yogurt, and other dairy products, and they fought men who lived on gruel made from various grains. The grain diet of the peasant warriors stunted their bones, rotted their teeth, and left them weak and prone to disease. In contrast, the poorest Mongol soldier ate mostly protein, thereby giving him strong teeth and bones.”

Source : Jack Weatherford (2005). “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”, p.87, Broadway Books

“Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance.”