The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm

Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more

Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.

Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.

You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.