True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It means trusting in the spiritual.

Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong.

There is no map that can show you how to leap. The map for this is somewhere in our own imagination.

We become our own enemy when we are thrown out of balance by anger, hatred, grief, or any other intense emotion. We are for the time being obsessed by something alien.

There are certain things that have universal attributes, like music. Something of greater magnitude is conveyed by them. They connect us with the universal storehouse of life and knowledge.

Evil can never survive, though for a time it may seem to triumph. It is only a question of our endurance and patience.

True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Every single element of this universe is interesting, all you need is to take a look.

We have contact with alien cultures.

Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.

What the enlightened person sees no one could ever tell or describe. Wonder beyond belief. We live in a universe filled with wonder. It is wonder just to live.

When horror is associated with what is harmful, evil results, when disgust does, badness.

O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be.

As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don't have to be the fastest runner or top of the class.

Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.