“To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!”

All that lives is striving for happiness; yet a thousand and one pains and fears attend upon every pleasure which man seeks through the ignorance of exclusiveness.

There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization.

One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play.

Love is nothing if it is not spontaneous. It cannot be a conclusion of reasoning.

When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.

The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life

Don’t Worry Be Happy

Love is the reflection of God’s unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.

I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.

Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.

The seeker asking, Where is God? Is really God saying, Where indeed is the seeker!

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun.

Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.

There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.

I have come not to teach but to awaken.

We keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.

Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.

Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.

There aren’t many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that’s a 24 hour job right there.

If a potato can produce vitamin C, why can’t we? Within the animal kingdom only humans and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize vitamin C in their own bodies. Why us and guinea pigs? No point asking. Nobody knows.

Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn’t have religion

Asking the right questions is as important as answering them