Mere isolation in an enclosing idea is not a release from conflict.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.

you'd take one look at me and whole pieces of the earth would break off and fall away finally leaving me alone with you.

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

Not that I lack confidence in the outcome," Ferrin said, "but would you consider entrusting the piece of my neck to somebody who is not about to confront one of the most deadly beings in the world?

[on Richard Wagner] A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

We have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead.

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

Control your fate or somebody else will

Got any pitches? I got five pitches-rise-ball, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!