To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one.

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.

Egotorial: An editorial in broadcasting or print media where the subject matter is secondary to the superficial, pretentious, antagonistic, or materialistic ego of the author.

I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not want them challenged.

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina