Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
Only idiots refuse to change their minds.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.