Die - you will have to die. But die gracefully. I am not saying die like a stoic, I am not saying die like a very controlled man. No, I'm saying die ….

A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within..

Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears..

My people worship, but not in a church. They worship the beauty of existence..

Life is a mystery, and there is nothing to explain everything is just open, it is in front of you. Encounter it! Meet it! Be courageous!.

My finger can point to the moon, but my finger is not the moon. You don't have to become my finger, nor do you have to worship my finger. You have to….

First examine what is constantly there in your mind, what is being repeated again and again. You don't have many thoughts. If you examine minutely yo….

The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad..

Because of jealousy you are in constant suffering; you become mean to others. And because of jealousy you start becoming phony, because you start pre….

Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness….

Everybody hates dependence, and that's why couples are continuously fighting, not knowing why they are fighting. They have to meditate over it, they ….

Truth is always here. That's the only way truth can be. Truth cannot be anywhere else. The only time it can be is here, and the only place it can ….

This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural..

Life is a garden. It is an opportunity. You can grow weeds, you can grow roses; it all depends on you..

Mind is dual, it always divides things into polar opposites: the conqueror and the conquered, the observer and the observed, the object and the subje….

The authentic pagan has no need of religion because, whatever religion can provide, he already has it..

In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter - the first thing and the last th….

Heaven and hell are not geographical; they are not something outside you, they are something that belongs to your interiority. If you are awake, then….

Humanity will never be religious unless all organized religions disappear and religion becomes an individual commitment towards existence..

Needs can be fulfilled, desires never. Needs are natural, desires are perverted..

When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom because you know you are not the mind and you are not the body..