Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

There are always some people who are ready to embrace a doctrine, a notion, a dogma, and they miss the real teaching.

The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom.