“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”

“What you seek is seeking you.”

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”

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

“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”

“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”

“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?”

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

“I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.”

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

“Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

“When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.”

“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”

“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”

“Reason is powerless in the expression of love.”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”

“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”

“Those who know do not say. Those who say do not know.”

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

“Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.”

“People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought.”

“kindness in words creates confidence. kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“The lion is most handsome when looking for food.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Love is the bridge between you and everything.”

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

“To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.”

“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.”

“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.”

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”

“The best fighter is never angry.”

“The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.”

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present”

“Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.”

“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”

“If the light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”

“Act without expectation”

“This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love you are.”

“Respond intelligently even to unitelligent treatment.”