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the first thing for you to understand about yourself is that you don't know anything.
It is very easy to wake a man who is sleeping, but it is very difficult to wake a man who is pretending to be asleep.
In order for a man to take even one step, he has to leave the piece of ground on which he was standing; only then can he go forward.
like two blind people trying to show each other the way. That is what an exchange of ideas means.
To speak in the presence of the masters there is a condition: don't say anything to the master until your voice cannot wound. Until then whatever you say will be wasted. Until then whatever you say will only increase the distance between you and your master; it will not bring you closer.
The words which come from the master's side bring the master and disciple closer, and the words which come from the disciple's side create a distance.
Speak with caution and thoughtfulness. Consider every word before you speak. Then you will be able to see how your mind is occupied with violence. And this sutra says that until you have reached the stage where there is no violence in your words, until then, don't speak in front of the master.
If you are very unhappy, don't try to drop unhappiness. Instead, drop desires – because unhappiness is only the fruit. It is desire that is the seed.
Lao Tzu says, "No one is as happy as I am because I have never asked for happiness."
Do not fancy you can stand aside from the bad man or the foolish man.
If a mountain is high, touching the sky, the valleys surrounding it will have to be deeper.
One has to go through both sin and virtue, and grow through both.
The deed is always smaller than the doer.
Nothing happens before the time is ripe.
Politics is the search of the weak, the journey of the impotent.
Jung has said that there are so few mad people in India because the mad have other avenues for their madness.
without the storm there can be no experience of silence.
he who is ready to bow becomes capable of standing on his own feet, and he who is not ready to bow down, always remains dependent on others.
When you are in a state of no thoughts, then you become connected with the music of your heart.
Faith does not mean trust towards someone, it means a trusting nature.
There is an old Arabic saying: The road to hell is filled with good intentions. Full of good intentions!
Religion lives on trust, just as science thrives on doubt.
