When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.

When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.