What does the world teach you? It teaches you (to do) egoism. Then, from that egoism, arise many many phases!

The worldly life means a market place of sensual pleasures. Worldly life means false (temporary) happiness all the time. And moksha (liberation) means permanent happiness all the time.

Believing happiness to be in the eternal thing is called the enlightened vision (samkit).

There is no happiness in what worldly people believe happiness in, there is happiness in what Gnani [the enlightened one] believes the happiness in. What people regard as happiness is not happiness.

Things do not give unhappiness, ignorance (of one’s real Self) does.

One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.

The law of nature is such that everyone gets happiness according to their needs. The ‘tender’ that everyone (of us) fills out, is indeed fulfilled.

The ‘egoism’ that is used to hurt others will hurt one’s own self. The ‘egoism’ that is used to give happiness to others becomes cause for his own happiness.

A person who thinks he is right, causes great hurt to others and that is why hurt will come to him. A person who believes ‘I am right’, causes a lot of pain to others.

Without the 'applied awareness' of the Soul, 'happiness' cannot arise.

Your success in worldly life (sansar) is in proportion to your faith and truthfulness!

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

Mandelstam was an artistic genius, the sort that any century produces only a handful of.

[Superman and Lois are] kindred spirits, and they always choose to do the right thing.

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.

You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this mirror."

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

Sometimes you just wish you could make a film and then have it on DVD so you can see your mom. But, no, I've never really had that moment. Not really. Not seriously.

At AOL, we thought the killer app was people