Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.