Though the eye is small, the soul which sees through it is greater and vaster than all the things which it perceives. In fact, it is so great that it includes all objects, however large or numerous, within itself. For it is not so much that you are within the cosmos as that the cosmos is within you.
Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to bind them ever more and more.
The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life.
God alone is real, and all else is illusion.
Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas – cause that’s what He’s getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.
Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.
The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment.
I have come not to teach but to awaken.
If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!
Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.
There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.
There is nothing that love cannot achieve, and there is nothing that love cannot sacrifice.
Art, when inspired with love, leads to higher realms. Love art and that art will open for you the inner life.
Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.
True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding.
Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination.
External silence helps to achieve inner silence.
When the bubble of ignorance bursts the self realizes its oneness with the indivisible Self. Words that proceed from the Source of Truth have real meaning. But when men speakthese words as their own, the words become meaningless.