"Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.”

“Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.”

“Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.”

“We would destroy ourselves and the planet if no change happens, because of the amplification of the egoic state through science and technology.”

“On the deepest level, what I know for sure is that who I am, essentially, is consciousness and consciousness is timeless and it transcends the body; it transcends the psychological "me," the egoic self. Everybody can know themselves as consciousness.”

“Oh sky, without me, do not change, Oh moon, without me, do not shine; Oh earth, without me, do not grow, Oh time, without me, do not go. ...Oh, you cannot go, without me.”

“Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”

“Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love”

“Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love.”