Is not virtue a negation of becoming?

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.

That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.

Sleep on it until your thoughts are rational and your tongue is capable of speaking only kindness and truth.

Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

I owe the quality of my skin to my cosmetic surgeon.

"Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library."

I really am passionate about making low-budget movies. You can try new stuff and unusual stuff, and you can break the rules.

Community is a place where the connections felt in our hearts make themselves known in the bonds between people, and where the tuggings and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts.

Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak, but he is strong.

Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.