If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate and the others to die away.

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.

The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.

Every human being is, by definition, a theologian.

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

I can easily teach people to be gardeners, and from them, once they know how to garden, you'll get a philosopher.

Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

To create an extraordinary quality of life, you must create a vision that's not only obtainable, but that is sustainable.

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity.