Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.