"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat."
Realization
Suffering cracks open the shell of Ego
"Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary."
Who am I?
"What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that."
I found Myself
"I lost everything i have, found myself."
Man in a state of Sleep
"There are a thousand things which prevent a man from awakening, which keep him in the power of his dreams. In order to act consciously with the intention of awakening, it is necessary to know the nature of the forces which keep man in a state of sleep. First of all...
False Sense of Self
"Religion, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and hatred through a realization of the fundamental oneness of all life, they brought more violence and hatred, more divisions between people as...
Not to be Able to Stop Thinking
"Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everybody is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from...
Self-observation
"Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of...
True Knowledge
"To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
Understanding the Language of Buddhas
"Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas."