Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following.

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.

If you want to fly, wear the wing of wisdom.

Kiss away the past as you head towards the future.

Worry leads to weary.

He knew in that moment that falling in love with her would destroy him, and so he decided at once that he would do his damnedest to despise her.

Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.

Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

In love, each man is his own personal challenge.

All the great things we know have come to us from neurotics. It is they who have founded religions and created great works of art.

I ran away one day. He was running in the same direction.

The Never Trumpers, many of them are establishment types or - and very important here - wannabe establishment types.