Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition Volume 1

Do not deal with other people. Do not manage them. Become them. Realize that the universe contains no boundaries. Erase from your mind the fiction of boundary between self and other. Realize that you contain the universe and all therein as surely as it contains you. Simply go before and show the way.

Old minds should be like ripe, falling fruit, rich with seeds of wisdom for the evolution of the species.

Wisdom is complex; knowledge is simple. Wisdom is rare; knowledge is abundant. Wisdom is difficult; knowledge is easy. We are much better off to deeply understand what little we know, than to know much more than we understand, for understanding, not knowledge, is the path to wisdom.

Growth for the sake of growth without concern for the host is the philosophy of a cell gone mad. It’s called cancer. People have become a cancer of the earth for which there is no cure unless by some miracle of understanding we become capable of self-remission.

The wise make known their gratitude for the smallest favor they receive and expect none for the greatest benefit they bestow.

Tyranny shouts, “You must!” Leadership whispers, “Perhaps we should.”

The greatest achievement in life is to become your own best self. Nothing external can help with that.

Never entrust the solving of a problem to those who may benefit from the solution.

It is not more answers we need, but better questions. It is not more action we need, but deeper reflection. It is not more knowledge we need, but profounder wisdom. It is not more technology we need, but greater aspirations.