Every man has an equal right to the necessities of life, even as birds and beasts have.

If you try to know it, you have already departed from it.

If there were one word that could guide the action of a whole life, would that word not be consideration? Do not act toward others as you would not wish others to act toward you.

Once we know we are all one, we are not going to bring pain to anyone else. It is then that the love of God overflows from us.

The Tao that can be spoken / Is not the true Tao. / Any name which can be given to it / Is not its true name.

Letting go means accepting life just as it is: elusive, free, spontaneous, and without limits.

Having never left the house, you are looking for the way home.

Do not abandon yourself to violent emotions; stand unshaken even by adverse turns of events.

There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment.

Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go. Always keep Quiet, and always adore Self: this is the essence of living skillfully in the world of appearance.

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others we will use on ourselves.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.

Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.

Meditation changes your character.

Even though you don’t know who you are, you accept yourself. That is “you” in its true sense.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

Great unity connects all things.

Don’t cling to anything and don’t reject anything.

A single conversation with a wise person is better than ten years of study.

Wealth and popularity gained through unsavory means are but clouds floating in the sky.

No object of desire is worth your Peace.

Work without demanding in return.

Find the peace in yourself so that you can help others realize their own peace. That’s not a selfish act.

To become awakened one must give up his identification with the melodramas that surround him.

Every day I examine myself on these points. In looking after the affairs of others, have I been loyal? In my relationships with friends, have I been sincere?

When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the scriptures.

To cultivate the art of the warrior is to learn to come to rest in basic goodness, in a state of total simplicity.

Certain are the blessings growing out of your good actions.

Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously.