A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is conformity; its path leads to the known, and the known is never the free.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the worst way to explain the mysteries of life, except for Creationism.

Happiness is the fragrance, not the fruit of an action.

Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.

I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.

I developed a pretty unusual style, I think.

As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.

The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient.