Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.

One of society's absurd delusions is that the spending of money can cure something.

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

It is utterly useless to try to change the outer world, for it is but a reflection of inner causes. The true seeker seeks to change himself.

When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.

Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.