Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.

The past has no power over the present moment.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Observe your thoughts, don't believe them.

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

Really, nobody was there?” I asked.“Well, nobody important, ” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking.

When the mind is steady, it will not create any vibrations, and therefore one will get the result. Along with that, if there is purity of chit, then one will surely be able to get his work done.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

You must choose between your attachments and happiness.

Something I keep coming back to in my music is the tension between two extremes: healing and chaos, hope and anxiety - these big themes are inside us, flickering, all day.

I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war. I'll never get him back.

If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, like Ulysses if you must, to escape the siren calls of complacency and indifference.

Scientists are the enemies of tradition , and tradition own all the prisons. - Victor Vigny

After all, tragedy didn't discriminate, so everyone was subject to the same whims of fate.