Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized.

Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.

No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.

Comedy is a blood sport. It flays the truth and spurts twisted logic. In America, people become comics because we don't have bullfighting.

As for total disarmament, there are almost 50,000 nuclear weapons in the world today; even if they were banned, not all would be destroyed.

What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party.

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

Most Muslims don't obey the order of god to kill infidels. This is why I say Muslims have more morality than their god.

When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow!

The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.