After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.

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.

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.

We took a straight course up the great snow ridge.

Personally, I don't do certain things. I read articles and they'll pit me against Lil' Kim like I'm going to smash them down. I never said any of that; I never said I didn't like Kim or Foxy [Brown].

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

What you can't run away from, you have to face

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

Whatever you are holding onto in this life, hold it loosely so it won’t hurt when the Lord has to pry your fingers open to take it away.

I don't have anything to hide.

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.