Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

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.

I think silence is one of the failures of people today. When they see an injustice or intolerance, and they stay silent - that's the worst thing.

You're like a cake when you're young. You can't rush it or it will fall, or just turn out wrong. Rising takes patience, and heat.

Certainly I've never tried to imagine what the future will hold. It's a hopeless endeavor to try to do such a thing.

... lapses of memory are only attractive when you've encouraged them, not when they take you unawares.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.

People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

America just works better when more people have a chance to live their dreams.