The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.

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.

The faculty of art is to change events

Within my palm there is a world, a world as delicate as a bubble!

I would take care you speak of her with respect for, of course, I will interpret any disrespect for her as disrespect for me.

Patient is a persistent act.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

The common-sense notion that 'there is a time and a place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which replicate the social order by assigning social meanings to spaces and times.

No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money.

Friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life's greatest gifts.

If we don't like a radio or TV show, we turn it off. If the left don't like it, they try to shut it down.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.