Neither health nor joy can be created from outside. There may be external stimuli, but essentially, both come from within.

An intellectual understanding that is not backed by experiential knowledge can lead to mind games and deceptive states.

Without experiencing the joy of life, you cannot seek the source of life.

Everyone must have at least a simple spiritual process in their lives. Without this stabilizing factor, economic development will not mean a better life.

Putting the well-being of others above your own creates a different kind of strength, a strength that will carry you through life and beyond.

Mysticism is not a technology for enlightenment. Mysticism is pure science – an exploration of existence.

Passion is focused on one thing – therefore it burns out at some point. Compassion includes everything – it has so much fuel to burn that it does not die out.

External circumstances can only cause you physical pain. Suffering is created in your mind.

If you want your body and brain to work well, the first thing is to become joyful by your own nature.

Eating natural foods, in their uncooked condition, when the cells are still alive, will bring an enormous sense of health and vitality to the system.

Meditation is the only way to freedom from stress as it is a dimension beyond the mind. All the stress and struggle are of the mind.

Whatever is your highest, you just contemplate upon that. Your inner and outer purity will happen naturally.

Do not do what you like – do what the world needs. Doing what you like is not freedom. Likes and dislikes are compulsive.

If you think you are big, you become small. If you know you are nothing, you become unlimited. That’s the beauty of being a human being.

If we do not work for individual transformation, if we do not look for ways of making the individual peaceful, talking about world peace is just one more entertainment in the world.

Krishna says in the Gita, The worst crime in the world is indecision.

If you face situations that you do not know how to deal with, there are many possibilities. That’s when you can really explore life.

You cannot live here without trusting existence. If you trust consciously, lovingly, that’s devotion.

The most precious thing in life is life itself. Are you getting it now or only on your deathbed?

Love is not something that you do. Love is something that you are.

Responsibility simply means your ability to respond.

The man who does only as much as is needed will only get that much.

Every particle in your body works hand in hand with the universe.