How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
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.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
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.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.