Wisdom begins at the end.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

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.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

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.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.