A friend to all is a friend to none

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

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

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

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.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

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.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

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

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.