Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
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.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.