To be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.

When you won't be able to describe it simply just, you don't are aware of it well sufficient.

The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

In the middle of difficulties lie opportunities.

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.