Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Time wounds all heels.
So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
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.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
What can't be cured must be endured.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.