When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

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

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

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'.