What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Time wounds all heels.

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

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.