Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.

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.

I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

The love of God has been described as the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love and the most joyous to the soul.

EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.

Existence has overpowered Books. Today I slew a Mushroom.

Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service.

You have to decide whether you want to make money or make sense, because the two are mutually exclusive.

Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.