When you lose all sense of self, the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish.

Peaceful is the one who’s not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.

Two there are who are never satisfied – the lover of the world and the lover of knowledge.

Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.

Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden.

Everything about yesterday has gone with yesterday. Today, it is needed to say new things.

Why are you knocking at every door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart.

Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness. 

This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor… Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety; If I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without any pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret in this for anyone who can grasp it.

My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.

The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Let silence be the art you practice

The spirit is so near that you can’t see it! But reach for it… don’t be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.

Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.

There is a voice that doesn’t use words, listen.

In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.

What you seek is seeking you

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.

Caught by our own thoughts, we worry about everything.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

The lion is most handsome when looking for food.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?

You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your own beauty. You have seen your golden wings. Of anything less, why do you worry? You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul.

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

I have found the heart and will never leave this house of light.

Don’t you know yet? It is your Light that lights the worlds.

Your task? To work with all the passion of your being to acquire an inner light.

Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst.

Love is the water of life, jump into this water.

Listen to the sound of waves within you.