The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.

It's not enough to listen to their words. You have to mine their silences for buried ore. It's often only in the lies that we refuse to speak that truth can be heard at all.

Examine and know one's value before you allow much access into your life.Verandas have no door, but the rooms do.

3 P’s are my soulmates: Pain, Prose and Poetry.

We have to really be intentional right now about holding the media accountable, and taking back the discourse and terms of discussion. It's been hijacked.

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.

None but God is wise.

Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

He called you pretty...That's practically an insult, the way you look right now...You're much more than beautiful.

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.

Your opinions are your symptoms.