To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.

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.

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery - and there's not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.

Every country in the world now needs to have its veterinary services on high alert for H5N1 to be sure they are not caught unawares.

She's [Hillary Clinton] been there for 30 years. She's not going to change. Because you look at her donors.

Make your vocation your vacation. That is the secret to success.

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'