To believe that you depend on things and people for happiness is due to ignorance of your true nature; to know that you need nothing to be happy, except Self-knowledge, is wisdom.

The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness.

The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.

Concentration, Full Confidence, Pure Will. With these 3, what cannot be accomplished?

To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.

No particular thought can be mind's natural state, only silence. Not the idea of silence, but silence itself. When the mind is in its natural state, it reverts to silence spontaneously after every experience, or, rather, every experience happens against the background of silence.

When all names and forms have been given up, the real is with you. You need not seek it.