It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt

Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone.

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

If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.

Self-knowledge leads to wonder, and wonder to curiosity and investigation, so that nothing interests people more than people, even if only one's own person.

I have no other self than the totality of the things of which I am aware.

The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.