We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves. Without this you have nothing to give.

Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair.

Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.

When we look for things there is nothing but mind, and when we look for mind there is nothing but things.

The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.

There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy.