The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way.

Your arrogance doesn't cheapen me.

Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one clock in my room.

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization.

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings.

I'm never going to be like, "Oh, this attention from women sucks." It's flattering 99 percent of the time.