It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.

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.

Your mind can go ahead and imagine what it wants to imagine, but a true friend will always remain true, in spite of the false messages running through your mind.

What is there to be frightened of? We shall be dealing only with men.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.

I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.

You're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, Madam, is it because we have company?

The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.

Be offended by everything or be offended by nothing.

One day I shall burst my bud of calm and blossom into hysteria.

When taxes are too high, people go hungry.

The standard of beauty is not definite. We define it.