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.

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

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

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.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.

Using drugs didn't help me to play, all it did was to hang me up for about fifteen years.

Mexico is always cheering for me, always showing great support.

I went to a restaurant with my friend, and he said, "Pass the salt." I said, "Screw you! Sit closer to the salt."

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.

I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

Once you’re comfortable by yourself you learn to be more at ease with others.

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.