In truth, men speak too much of danger.

To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.

People can only be free if they are truly educated.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

To change masters is not to be free.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.

Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

As if a great creature had grown old without being able to express its feelings. Not that it didn't know how to express them, but rather it didn't know what to express.

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.

Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life.

Humanity starts at the level of the human consciousness and makes its deliberate way to the summit, which is God Consciousness.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

I've known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that's left-

I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.

We completely deny the existence of a self-existent I, or a permanent, independent soul. Every aspect of your body and mind is impermanent: changing, changing, changing.