If you did not have any personality, you would have a tremendous presence. The more rigid your personality, the more constipated your whole being.

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

On the other hand, if the future is not the one you chose then you may have to use your willpower to obtain the future of your liking.

Introspection is not a privilege, you don't have to subscribe to it. On any occasion you can discover wisdom and oneself.

You may judge others only according to your knowledge of yourself.

Even Adam Smith's "invisible hand" occasionally needs a slap on the wrist.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home!

It's much more interesting when you go to different places - make a left turn when nobody expects you to make a left turn, and make a right when nobody expects you to do that.

We conservatives don't have a corner on saying no. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say.

Truth has to fall on fertile soil.