Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Appearances often are deceiving.
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.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.