Victoria Osteen

To study Buddhism is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things.

I’m a bit superstitious about certain things, like what shoes to wear. If I wear the wrong shoes, the whole day may go wrong. Or if I don’t get to the bottom of the stairs before the door closes – stupid little things like that. Then I also have all the normal ones, like don’t walking under ladders and so on.

I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.

I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now? Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Music brought me closer to the idea of God.

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others is the ultimate source of success in life.

I love learning about different religions, and discovering the different ways to worship, and to love the greatness and the higher being that surrounds us all. I definitely believe in a bigger presence, and I really respect all religions; at their core they all teach the same message – community and kindness and looking out for each other.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

God is a loving god.

Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.