If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

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.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

What's done can't be undone.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.