“Whatever you have to do right now, do it with absolute involvement. Only then will you know the sweetness of what it means to be conscious.”

Peace and happiness are neither rooted in the marketplace nor the forest, but within.

If your work is about creating something that you truly care for, there is no need to balance work and life – life is work and work is life.

A seed that does not sprout is as good as a pebble. For the divine seed that you are to flourish, you have to open up.

People are dedicated to their lifestyle, not to their life. Once you are dedicated to your lifestyle, you get enslaved to how much you earn.

Karma means that you can change your destiny, not simply be ruled by it.

You must be playing your mind – your mind should not be playing you.

Ultimately, life is neither suffering nor bliss. It is what you make it.

The mind is a powerful instrument. Every thought, every emotion that you create changes the very chemistry of your body.

Do not hold back your love, your joy, and your exuberance. Only what you give becomes your quality, not what you hold back.

Fear and anxiety are consequences of your imagination running wild. You are suffering a situation that may never happen.

We cannot fix yesterday, but we can create tomorrow.

Consciousness Means That Your Way of Being Is Determined By You.

The intellect, which is based on memory, is a wonderful tool. However, it can only inform not transform.

Human Consciousness Must Shape Social Structures, Not The Other Way Around.

If only you can go through difficult times with inner grace, you will see that every situation we face is an opportunity to enhance our lives.

Only In Coexistence Is Sustained Existence Possible.

I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.

The world is more alive at night; it’s like God isn’t looking.

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.

Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.

If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.