“Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.”

“Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.”

“The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.”

“I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.”

“There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.”

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

“Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.”