In tension you cannot perceive; in laxity you cannot perceive. Only if you are intense and relaxed, you perceive everything just the way it is.

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

It is wise to admit one's wrongs because it creates room for correction.

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

Dress for the position you want, not the position you have.

from the beginning, through themiddle years and up to theend:too bad, too bad, too bad.

There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.

Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.

From last night's All Together Now, a Celebration of Service: There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.

... my today's self perpetually slips out of any hold of it that I may try to take.

Some people there's no getting over.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from Star Search or Survivor or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.