Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess.
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes
The energy of the whole has taken possession of you. You are possessed, you are no more, the whole is.
This moment, as the silence penetrates in you, you can understand the significance of it, because it is the same silence that Gautam Buddha experienced. It is the same silence that Chuang Tzu or Bodhidharma or Nansen.... The taste of the silence is the same.
Time changes, the world goes on changing, but the experience of silence, the joy of it, remains the same. That is the only thing you can rely upon, the only thing that never dies. It is the only thing that you can call your very being.
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life
In any situation, where there is inner peace and love, life changes for the better.
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.
You spend most of your life running after things, doing things. You forget that 'being' comes before 'doing'. Those who remember this secret make an effort to 'be' and discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed. Learning to 'be' is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
We see light waves with our eyes, but most of the other particles take 20th-century equipment to discover them.
Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with sex and beauty, and arises out of sex and beauty, is intuition.
