“Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.”

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

I live in my deepest hell and from there I cannot fall any further.

In order to know the light, we must first experience the darkness.

The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man.

Nothing is possible without love, For love puts one in a mood to risk everything.

Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide.

Enlightenment doesnt occur from sitting around visualizing images of light, but from integrating the darker aspects of the Self into the conscious personality.

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

Normality is a fine ideal for those who have no imagination.

Invited or not, God is present.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

The true leader is always led.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

If we are not comparing happiness then we should also not compare pain.

Comparison is a distraction from our inner creativity.⁣

Never compare yourself to anyone, everyone’s life is different, difficulties are different, the path is different.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.

Comparison will only hinder your progress.

Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.

For today’s generation of blacks to act as if their struggle compares to that of two generations ago insults and diminishes that generation’s struggle.