I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.

Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.

People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.

There comes a point in your life when you become stark raving insane, commit suicide or become a mystic.

"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."

Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till it becomes too dull and lazy to think, to observe, to explore, to discover ... not wanting to be disturbed or questioned into wakefulness.

Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.