The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken.

Never think of results, just do!

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.

In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.

There is never another one of you in exactly the same spot you are in right now, so give yourself a break and release blame from the past so you can be free to move around the future!!

We as humans tend to overlook lesser beings and things, but we should instead come to love and respect them.

You are blood of my blood and you will answer to me when I command.

My God! What has sound got to do with music?

I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

There's more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations.

We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it.

Having clients with a long-term orientation is crucial. Nothing else is as important to the success of an investment firm.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.