...your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

What is the sign of the person residing in his own Self as Pure Soul? Vitaragta [a state of freedom from all worldly attachments]!

See the beauty of sunset to enjoy the passion of life.

The gods lie. They lie because it's the best they can do. We reach out for their lies and we keep on living.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

Why, Robert Singh often wondered, did we give our hearts to friends whose life spans are so much shorter than our own?

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

I'm terrified of saying the wrong thing on stage with bell hooks.

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.