Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.

If the mind could cease measuring itself against the hero, the perfect, the glorious and all that, it would be what it is.

You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.

The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.