Dating a white girl is like dating a black girl if she were really passive-agressive.
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.
The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.
A functionary, when he really is nothing more than a functionary, is really a very dangerous gentleman.
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
If there is some art involved, Id like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work.
There's no doubt that probably at least once a week, maybe once a day, I said, "Ah, I should have done that better. "