There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I’m gone, I trust you will notice the river.
When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.
Most people don’t live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts – generally somebody else’s – mechanical emotions, mechanical actions, mechanical reactions.
We’re crazy, We’re living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
There’s nothing you can do to see – it is a gift.
The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition...
The seeker says, “I do not know.” That takes honesty. The master says, “I do not know.” That takes a mystic’s mind that knows things through non-knowing. The disciple says, “I know.” That takes ignorance, in the form of borrowed knowledge.
When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.
If you find me charming, it means that right now you’re in a good mood, nothing more.
Of what use is it to be tolerant of others if you are convinced that you are right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong? That isn’t tolerance but condescension.
Don’t try to make them happy, you’ll only get in trouble. Don’t try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it irritates the pig.
What is love?“; “The total absence of fear,” said the Master; “What is it we fear?“; “Love,” said the Master.
A story is the shortest distance between a human being and truth.
The secret is to renounce nothing, cling to nothing, enjoy everything and allow it to pass, to flow.
Do you think you help people because you are in love with them? Well, I’ve got news for you. You are never in love with anyone. You’re only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person. Take a minute to think about that: You are never in love with anyone, you’re in love with your prejudiced idea of that person.