The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.

The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.

The sun is within me and so is the moon.

The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling

I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.

It is time to put up a love-swing! Tie the body and then tie the mind so that they swing between the arms of the Secret One you love, Bring the water that falls from the clouds to your eyes, and cover yourself inside entirely with the shadow of night. Bring your face up close to his ear, and then talk only about what you want deeply to happen.

Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

It is the spirit of the quest which helps

What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others' suffering.

Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments. That music of the Word pervades the entire creation. Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.

Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! ...just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.

Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!

My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.

A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue.

My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.

But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.

The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.

Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn't give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.

Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and anything could happen.