The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world.

Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.

Intuition is the whisper of the soul.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

Those who play a safe game die very safely.

Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Nature provides that a man who slaves all day should spend the hours of the night in a palace full of houris whereas a king who wields the sceptre by day should have his sleep disturbed by nightmares of rebellion and assassination.

I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.