Beyond the belief that something can be lost, there is nothing to lose.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

You are a lawmaker in your own right.

The Quran holds the answer to all. Have you opened it?

All battles should be based on principles. And in a battle of principles, it is not the size of the adversary that matters. It is the size of the principle.

One's lifework I have learned grows with the working and the living. Do it as if your life depended on it and first thing you know you'll have made a life out of it. A good life too

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.

(on being born on Christmas Day, 1924) I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped.

Love knows no answer for it does not question.

When a timid mouse who is a mom needs to be a hero, she does it, because that's what moms do.

The ifs and buts of history...form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.