The beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is.

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.

There is pain in being a woman, yes, but there is pride in it, too.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

Be like God. He is the mighty being that dwells in you.

do something from nothing for nothing is nothing unless it is made something. There is always something common with something and nothing and that is the 'thing

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

I don't listen to my own music at home.

I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.

I can give you honesty, monogamy, and more passion than you can stand, but not love. That emotion died in me long ago, as I suspect you already know.

I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.

There's nothing more exciting than playing live for the people. Just play it, just do it.