It’s ego – the false self – that exalts the guru and declares the teaching sacred, but nothing is exalted or sacred, only true or not true.

Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream altogether.

I don’t see it as my role to save or rescue anybody any more than regular people feel the need to rescue each other from sleeping and dreaming.

The bottom line remains the same: you’re either awake or you’re not.One day, there it is. Nothing. No more enemies, no more battles.

Enlightenment is the unprogrammed state.

Be wiser than other people if you can

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.

The more optimistic you can be the more resilient you will be to whatever challenges life throws at you.

We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth.

You must appreciate beauty for it to endure.

a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is made, And fill our Future's atmosphere With sunshine or with shade.

I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.

Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death.

Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.