Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie.

Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when we began to consider ourselves the descendants of a monkey.

Divide in yourself the mechanical from the conscious, see how little there is of the conscious, how seldom it works, and how strong is the mechanical - mechanical attitudes, mechanical intentions, mechanical thoughts, mechanical desires.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.

A symbol may serve to transfer our intuitions and to suggest new ones only so long as its meaning is not defined.

Seek the Path, do not seek attainment, Seek for the Path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see it, or read it in books. Look for the truth in yourself, not without yourself.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.