It is less what one is that should matter, than what one is not.

Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent, Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one.

Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!

It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.

Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.

THIS which is seeking is THAT which is sought, and THAT which is sought is THIS which is seeking.

What is your trouble? Mistaken identity.

Never forget, what your looking for is what is looking.

What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind.

We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.

With organization comes empowerment.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

If you come from art, you'll always be art.

A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.

A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the entire being.

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

The world is made by the people who show up for the job.

Growing old is, of all things we experience, that which takes the most courage, and at a time when we have the least resources, especially with which to meet frustration.

I'm a great reader of history. I love - I have been reading history since I was a kid, and learning the lessons globally of what happened with people.

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.