He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Desire is the very essence of man.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
