“According to the law that governs the universe,all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self.”

Seek a reality deeper than the changing forms.

Form is solidified energy, energy is an expression of the mind, the mind is the covered mirror of Eternity, and Eternity is the Truth, which has thrown off the mask of the mind.

Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom.

The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much ‘works’ but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness.

All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged. What is meant by God-realization is to actually experience this important thing that the soul is eternal.

Desire nothing except desirelessness. Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes. Want nothing and you will have everything.

A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are even closer to me than that.

True love is no game of the faint-hearted and the weak; it is born of strength and understanding.

There is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good.

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!

There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

Love and forgiveness is not for the faint-hearted.

The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties.

The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved – commitment to a scenario.

Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

The king reigns but does not govern.

For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers.