If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.

Thoughts come and go. Feelings come and go. Find out what it is that remains.

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.

All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Nature is as uniform as variant.

Painting is like romance, since it is all about seeing, feeling, and interpreting.

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Music has always felt very real to me.

I hope that my work helps people - that's the thing that drives me and keeps me going.

My father told me very early on that it was a sin to worry too much.

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times.

I think, in my life, there've been three times I've broken down into tears on a set because I was happy.