“Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.”

“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“Hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.”

Neil Gaiman (1960) English fantasy writer

“If you need time to achieve something, it must be false. The real is always with you; you need not wait to be what you are.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

“I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.”

Tim Burton (1958) American filmmaker

“Truth cannot be found by intellectual effort because truth is not a theory, it is an experience.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement

“Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end… The exclusivism of there being only one way in which we can be saved, the idea that there is a single religious group that is in sole possession of the truth—that is the world as we know it that must pass away. What is the kingdom? It lies in our realization of the ubiquity of the divine presence in our neighbors, in our enemies, in all of us.”

Joseph Campbell book Thou Art That

“For Freud, the pursuit of happiness is a distraction from living. It would be better to aim for something different -- a type of life in which you do not need a fantasy of satisfaction in order to find being human an interesting and worthwhile experience… Human beings are more likely to find ways of living well if they do not spend their lives aiming to be happy.”

John Gray (1948) British philosopher

“You are not accidental.
Existence needs you.
Without you,
something will be missing in existence
and nobody can replace it.
That's what gives you dignity
that the whole existence will miss you.
The stars and sun and moon,
the trees, the birds,
the earth everything in the universe
will feel a small place is vacant
which cannot be filled by anybody
except you.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement