It is intelligence that brings order, not discipline.

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.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

There is no ‘my’ in ‘I’. ‘My’ is outside of the ‘I’.

Let argument bear no unmusical sound.

I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country. And it's not just from San Bernardino or from Paris.

There is no good reason to suppose that whatever can be felt can be expressed in words, or indeed in any articulate form.

A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.