It seems to be the special peculiarity of human beings that they reflect: they think about thinking and know that they know. This, like other feedback systems, may lead to vicious circles and confusions if improperly managed, but self-awareness makes human experience resonant. It imparts that simultaneous "echo" to all that we think and feel as the box of a violin reverberates with the sound of the strings. It gives depth and volume to what would otherwise be shallow and flat.

If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.

You will begin to realize that if you contemplate long enough on the leaf of the flower, that it involves the whole universe.

Your world is all these elements. Of light and sound, of taste, smell, and touch, woven together in many dimensions on the fabulous loom of your brain. Your brain; the most complicated thing in the world, which you yourself grew...without even thinking about it.

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.

A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts