You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.