Quotes

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."

"All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of anyone. Stand up and express the divinity within you."

"The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful."

"In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path."

"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced."

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

"Let him who would move the world first move himself."

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."

"Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way."

"Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations."

"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless."

"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean."

"A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily."

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."