To be religious is to be sensitive to reality.

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.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

He had passed through an ordeal of wretchedness which had given him more than it had taken away. He had lost all he possessed of worldly property

A single soul is richer than all the worlds.

The reason I can do what I do on stage is because I couldn't fake it.

The Heart asks Pleasure--first-- And then--Excuse from Pain

Liberation from every form of exploitation, the possibility of a more human and dignified life, the creation of a new humankind - all pass through this struggle.

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.

Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.