The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Think globally, act locally.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.