So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

Keep the faith. The vision is always for the appointed time. Be patient, prayerful and wait for the fulfillment of your visions.

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

Love is the light that you see by.

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press.

...the realm of freedom does not commence until the point is passed where labor under the compulsion of necessity and of external utility is required.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.

I do not believe that to be religious in the best, authentic sense a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul.

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.