Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.

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.

One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime.

There are no more gates, only hinges clinging to the walls like broken spiders.

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

We all played bad before we played good.

God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give.

I've got a clear line between work and real life.

The only thing that's going to save you is that saving blood of Jesus Christ.

I like it when girls are screaming for me. It makes me feel really player-like. I enjoy being out there, delivering my songs, and putting a face to the music.

We, the people, do have the power to stop the tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

Invest in inflation. It is the only thing going up.