The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

All you have to do is say "yes." Don't make some big project out of it. Don't make some big deal out of it. Just say "yes." You don't even know what it means to say "yes," but you say it anyway. You'll never know what it means to say "yes," but you do it anyway. Freedom and Love arise when you die into the unknown mystery of being.

An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.

Question your thoughts.

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

... how have I used rivers, how have I used wars

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.