Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Knowledge is limited.
Information is not knowledge.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?
I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them.
Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.
The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that’s why he tries to bite the mailman.
Don’t wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.
The most precious things in life are not those you get for money.
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.