The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

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.

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.

Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,And therefore let 's be merry.

Faith is the act of trust by which one being, a sinner, commits himself to another being, a Saviour.

I can no longer be sure whether the psyche is in me or whether I'm in the psyche.

Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much closer to the objects themselves.

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

A lot of girls think they have flaws that really aren't flaws. I've never met a girl who was just so secure about everything.

There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.

The man i'll never be, Who remembers him?

Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colors to the mast!