It isn't addition of possessions, but subtraction of desires which promotes happiness.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!
To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protests us from being discouraged.
You dont love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass-produced with unskilled labor.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Desire is the essence of a man.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
You are a Buddha. But remember you are not a Buddha in any special sense. Everybody is - So don't take it in an egoistic sense that "I" am a Buddha. Don't make it ambitious, don't go on an ambition trip. All is Buddha. Life is Buddha, being is Buddha-hood, existence is Buddha-hood.
Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You don't have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. That's relaxation in action!
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.
The most successful people in our society think the furthest into the future. They are willing to make sacrifices in the short-term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long-term.
I am of the view that the welfare of the world [is] possible only by following the path shown by lord Buddha.
