“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” — The Buddha, Dhammapada (c. 3rd century BC)

“Life is available only in the present moment.” — Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step (1991)

“My life has a limit, but my knowledge has none. If I use the limited to pursue the unlimited, I will be in danger.” — Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (c. 3rd century BC)

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” — Alan Watts, The Book (1966)

“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” — Laozi, Tao Te Ching (c. 6th century BC)

“You need not know what you are. Enough to know what you are not.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That (1973)

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” — Jalal al-Din Rumi, Divan-e Shams (c. 1245)

“To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, 'I am listening to this music,' you are not listening.” — Alan Watts, The Wisdom of I (1951)

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” — The Buddha, Dhammapada (c. 3rd century BC)

“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.” — Ramana Maharshi, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi (1955)