There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
Thoughts take more time and space in our lives than actions.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
We tend to see things not as they are, but as we are. Becoming quiet and simple inside is the first step towards seeing things truly.
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
Happy families are all alike... every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way...
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.
Behind all creation is silence. Silence is the essential condition, the vital ingredient for all creation and all that is created. It is a power in its own right. The artist starts with a blank canvas - silence. The composer places it between and behind the notes. The very ground of your being, out of which comes all your thoughts, is silence. The way to silence is through meditation. When you arrive in your own silence you will know true freedom and real power. Stop, take a minute, and listen to the silence within you today. Then be aware of what disturbs your inner silence. It could be negative thoughts, memories, sensations. And when you are aware, you will know what is draining your creative power, and you will know what needs to change...on the inside!.
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.
A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.
A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach...
You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.
A master knows there is nothing to seek and nothing to find. You are already
enlightened, and all the words in the world will not give you what you already
have. The wise seeker, therefore, is concerned with one thing only: to become
aware of what he/she already is, the true self within.
