Conflict is the essence of the self.

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.

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

There is no power outside of man. Man has created God out of fear. So the problem is fear and not God.

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

Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.

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.

*Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say nothing and do whatever the hell I want.

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.

The melancholiness of the ocean; the melancholiness of everything else.

The more pitches you see, the more dangerous you become.

All art is infested by other art.

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep.

What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending.

I'm so poor I can't even pay attention.

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.