Even in rags I am a god,fallen I am divine,high I triumph when down-trod,long I live when slain!

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

Comedy is learning to be funny, and you learn to be funny in small rooms with young audiences.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.

A certain amount of the kundalini is always floating through the ida and the pingala. These two little nerve tubes, on either side of the shushumna, keep us alive.

Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends that I have, and the bands that I love.

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the imagination.

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot