Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realization.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

Be so busy improving your self that you have no time to criticize others