On Tranquillity of Mind We can, however, make this reply to Menander: "True, No man alive may say, 'I shall not suffer this,' yet while still alive one can say, 'I will not do this: I will not lie nor play the villain nor defraud nor scheme.' " For this is in...
"Pursuit of happiness"? Nobody has ever succeeded in it, and those who have tried have become very unhappy and miserable in their life. Happiness happens. Perhaps that's why you call it happiness because it happens. You cannot manage it, you cannot manufacture it, you cannot arrange it. Happiness is...
Many people today have a cartoon image of my grandfather as a saintly man who gave up all material goods and wore as little clothing as possible. But here’s a surprise: he actually understood the value of money as well as anybody. On the ashram we had...
Consider this current dream: everything in one, everything or nothing. A single person has to condense the totality of our aspirations, and if he fails to do so, we get rid of him. The madness lies in wanting to reconcile everything, the heart and eroticism,...
It was then that the fox appeared. "Good morning," said the fox. "Good morning," the little prince responded politely, although when he turned around he saw nothing. "I am right here," the voice said, "under the apple tree." "Who are you?" asked the little prince, and added, "You...
Having a youthful mind also drives you toward a healthy lifestyle that will slow the aging process. Just as a lack of physical exercise has negative effects on our bodies and mood, a lack of mental exercise is bad for us because it causes our neurons...
Recently I spoke on the subject “How to Get out of Your Own Way.” A tremendous response was received from many listeners, who said, “The lesson was needed in my life. I am my worst problem!” Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the...
“Such fervor for the truth! Forgive me, Professor Nietzsche, if I sound challenging, but we agreed to speak truthfully. You speak about the truth in a holy tone, as though to substitute one religion for another. Allow me to play devil’s advocate. Allow me to...
Studying man in his present state of sleep, absence of unity, mechanicalness and lack of control, we find several other wrong functions which are the result of his state—in particular, lying to himself and to other people all the time. The psychology of ordinary man...
Bashful, insolent; chaste, lustful; prating, silent; laborious, delicate; ingenious, heavy; melancholic, pleasant; lying, true; knowing, ignorant; liberal, covetous, and prodigal: I find all this in myself, more or less, according as I turn myself about; and whoever will sift himself to the bottom, will find...
