You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
A person of wisdom and spirituality has very beautiful manners that have grown from genuine respect and love for the whole of humanity. Manners in this sense have nothing to do with culture or education: it is simply a question of humility. When we are at the receiving end of such manners, we feel that some deeper part of us has been honoured. In fact, none of us deserves anything less.
People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.
Silence calms your heart. It is a balm that heals the wounds of the soul. It strengthens the spirit and takes you to a world without sound where peace reigns.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
By self-study, by observing, by being hollow and empty, you become a channel - you become a part of the Divine. You are able to feel the presence of the Divinity. All the different angels and devas, all these different forms of our consciousness, start blossoming.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Dogs don't love people, they love the place where they are fed
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Whatever I do, when all is said and done, I do for or to myself. Perhaps I should think before I perform actions because after the seed of action is sown I have to reap the fruit. Moreover, I do not receive only one fruit for every seed sown, I often get a whole crop, good or bad according to the action or seed.
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it's educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward. But if women are oppressed and abused and illiterate, then they're going to fall behind.
