One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal; it is only that which is that can be transformed, not that which you wish to be.

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

Adhere to the Truth rather than to the personality, and take to heart the Truth rather than the authority of another.

If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.