There is only that inevitable danger as long as there is lack of understanding; but the moment the individual understands, there will be no formation of religion.

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.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

I'm usually always very happy and funny and positive. It's only when I'm tired that I get a little low energy.

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.

The ordinary is the divine.

The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.

We have spent the better part of the last fifty years being inundated by advertising, being told that we will be happier if we get more stuff. But that's been backfiring recently.

I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas.

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.