Wisdom is learning what to ignore.
A fool may give a wise man counsel
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
The desire to know is natural to good men.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.
Unless you drop your personality you will not be able to find your individuality. Individuality is given by existence; personality is imposed by the society. Personality is social convenience.
Society cannot tolerate individuality, because individuality will not follow like a sheep. Individuality has the quality of the lion; the lion moves alone. The sheep are always in the crowd, hoping that being in the crowd will feel cozy. Being in the crowd one feels more protected, secure. If somebody attacks, there is every possibility in a crowd to save yourself. But alone? - only the lions move alone.
And every one of you is born a lion, but the society goes on conditioning you, programming your mind as a sheep. It gives you a personality, a cozy personality, nice, very convenient, very obedient. Society wants slaves, not people who are absolutely dedicated to freedom. Society wants slaves because all the vested interests want obedience.
If you put your hope in psychology, you are bound for a life of pain. Put it in creativity... hanging out with your creator.
Truth cannot be defined, although it can certainly be experienced. But experience is not a definition. A definition is made by the mind, experience comes through participating. If somebody asks, "What is a dance?" how can you define it? But you can dance and you can know the inner feel of it. God is the ultimate dance.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
It is far better to observe than to absorb every word, feeling and attitude, to get over-involved, or react too much. Observing gives us the patience and clarity to think or act appropriately. Observing creates an inner focus that allows us to see reality.
