There are two selves in us all - one self is amateur, foolish and selfish - that self says, 'I am all, my word is supreme, my belief is the highest, my opinions are the best' - then there is another self, which is wise, caring and conscientious - it says, 'I am nothing, I am the servant of people, my interest is in benefiting others, my life is their keepsake'.

Attachment is not the cause of our suffering, our selfishness is. Once you find freedom in giving, attachment will become your strength and not weakness.

Professions of psychiatry, therapy and mindfulness are bound to boom in parallel with unmoderated consumerism, for unmoderated consumerism facilitates self-absorption which in turn breeds anxiety, and the more anxious you are, the more you need expert help to deal with that anxiety.

In every walk of life, nature will force you to be selfish. If you can conquer that force and be unselfish instead, you'll conquer the world.

We didn't trudge through 3.5 billion years of evolution, so that we could carry on with the same freaking acts of recklessness and selfishness as we used to in the jungle.

Synthetic Civilization (The Sonnet)The watchwords of civilization,Are reason and inclusion.Yet we live by the golden rules,Of rigidity and exclusion.We dress up in fancy clothes,To feel powerful and important.Beneath the lies of civilization,Beats a heart most impotent.We boast proudly about equality,Unaware of our biases most inane.We admire the rights of our own,Rights of others are business of the UN.Enough of this make belief ascension.It’s time to humanize our synthetic civilization.

Your selfishness is the cause of your sorrows.

To hell with the society, I have all the comfort - to hell with nation, I have all the security - to hell with my neighbors, I have all the prosperity - to hell with the world, I have all the luxury. I am pain-stricken to say, such is the mentality of the majority of the human population, and that's why we still haven't succeeded in constructing a truly civilized and safe society on this planet.

If a person thinks only about the upliftment of the self, then no matter how many pilgrimages he visits or how strong his belief in God is, he is the least holy person on earth. On the other hand, an atheist who rushes to the aid of the neighbor in their time of distress, becomes the very definition of holiness.