A Library of Wisdom

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.”

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first.”

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

“The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy.”

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.”

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”

“I've talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: they all wanted validation.”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“A great festival is a temporary city. You're creating laws, culture, and identity from scratch. That's thrilling and terrifying in equal measure.”

“You don't build a festival by chasing trends. You build it by understanding what your community needs to gather around, and then you create the conditions for that gathering to be meaningful.”

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”

“The mind creates a lot of suffering because it resists what is.”

“The greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.”

“What is not brought to consciousness will be lived out as fate.”

“The moment you accept what troubles you've been given, the door will open.”

“Where can you go to find someone who has not abandoned the Way? That would be difficult.”

“The self is only an idea, a thought. When you are free of that idea, you are free.”

“Attachment is the root of suffering.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

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