You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

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.

You and those shot-glass eyes, deep swirling pools of 80-proof firewater, with the depth and profundity of Saturn’s spinning pulsars…

There are no short cuts to Heaven only the ordinary way of ordinary things.

My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I.

The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.

Patience is not a virtue!

Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

I've still got a lot left in the tank. I think people are starting to see I've got a lot left in the tank.

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.