Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.
Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.
When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self requires strength; He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a sign of will power.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light.
The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live.