It is the seeker, who understands there is more than what meets the eye, who is not afraid and makes the choice to go into the unknown. The process of awaking has begun, the discovery is underway.

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do.

Enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy... your entire education has has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now.

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

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

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.