All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
In traditional Eastern premodern enlightenment, the ego was an obstacle because as long as one was hypnotized by its endless fears and desires, it was impossible to let go of compulsive identification with the mind and time and experience the bliss of Being. These days, the modern Western counterparts of those traditions, if they see the ego as a problem at all, do so only because it is the source of psychological pain and fear. But what I'm teaching is, dare I say it, a new kind of enlightenment in which the goal is not only an individual attainment but, more importantly, a collective emergence that has tremendous evolutionary significance for us all. And therefore, I say the ego is a problem for a much bigger reason: because the degree to which we are identified with it is the degree to which we inhibit our own potential to consciously participate in the evolutionary process. When the goal is to create a new stage of development in time and through the mind, ego is no longer just a personal psychological problem. It's the one and only obstacle to the emergence of a new and glorious future. The creation of that future is what this teaching is dedicated to.
How can we serve others around us? By making our lives inspirational and interacting with tact and wisdom.
We should be so cheerful, and our lives such examples, that they say 'Here is an angel.'
The real sign of serenity is not seen so much in the face, as found in the depth and stillness of the eyes.
Remember there is no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
The habit of telling myself off subtly shapes a nature of sorrow. Instead, let me talk to myself gently, with patience, as one would do to a child.
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
You make your own opportunities by asking for them.
If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead-that's where your future lies.
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Calmness increases efficiency. Silence increases effectiveness.
