As the beauty of the picture depends not on the painter but on the picture itself, what I say must depend on its own intrinsic value and not on the authority of my attainment, nor on the authority of others.

The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step.

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

There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings an integrated understanding of life, efficiency breeds ruthlessness.

Freedom comes with self-knowledge, when the mind goes above and beyond the hindrances it has created for itself.

Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.

All paths do not lead to truth. There is no path to truth, it must come to you.