The human form is a microcosm of the universe. All that supposedly exists outside us in reality exists in us. The world is in you and can become known in you, as you.

The world exists only when we think about it; creation stories are for children. In reality the world is created every moment.

The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace.

Nothing that can be known has existence in itself. It depends on a knower. The knower is consciousness.

To identify yourself with your personality is more or less a reflex. You must see, when the reflex comes up, that it is a kind of feeling of insecurity; you are looking for a hold.

Any love is a home-sickness, a longing for a lost paradise.

It is like being in the desert. At first you listen to the absence of sounds and call it silence. Then suddenly you may be taken by the presence of stillness where you are one with listening itself.

In listening and stillness there is nobody who is still, and this stillness doesn't refer to any object; it is absolutely objectless; it is our real nature.

You shall not hear their mirth:You shall not come to think them well contentBy any jest of mine. These men are worthYour tears:You are not worth their merriment.

A cheerful music is a powerful light for the shadows of sorrow!

One of the greatest statements you can ever make on earth is to say “I am right, but I may be wrong”. Find out where you go wrong and make corrections!

He was the second snowman to be melting away before her eyes, only this one was different. It was a paradox. The colder he became, the more he melted.

Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. The elephant hauls himself from the mud. In the same way drag yourself out of your sloth.

As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

Creating Your Character is Like an Artist Creating a Sculpture

What is love? Love to me is god.

Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.