“It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.”

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.

I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.

Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.

Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.

As one individual changes, the system changes.

We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.

Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.

If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.

I am not ashamed of anything – not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.

Feels good to be a gangster.

Might be little, but I am loud!

I don’t care what you think unless it is about me.

Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.

Being normal is boring!

Attitude defines your age.

I’ve always been different.