Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

The moment is the sole reality.

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

There is no God, cry the masses more and more vociferously; and with the loss of God man loses his sense of values — is, as it were, massacred because he feels himself of no account.

Only in those moments when I exercise my freedom am I fully myself.

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our scientific knowledge becomes.

A scientific approach means knowing what one knows and what one doesn't. Absolute or complete knowledge is unscientific.

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

That’s what great art does—that’s why these men and women counted. It shows us what makes life worth living.

If you do darshan (worship) of the one who has both stillness in his eyes and chit prasannta (blissful state of chit)

...if anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way.

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?

She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.

Part of why I was drawn to making dance music was convenience. It was the type of music I could make without a band, and I wasn't interested in collaborating with anyone.

When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on

I've always wanted my offering to have broad appeal and work for a diverse range of women with different lifestyles.