Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.
There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.
The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.