Self

"The less you know, the more you will be known The less you want, the more you will have The less you are, the more you will be"

"There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning."

"To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment."

"My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality."

"It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge."

"The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools."

"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

"Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I. I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh. Bulleh, I know not who I am. Not in the holy books am I,Nor do I dwell in bhang or wine,Nor do I live in a drunken haze,Nor in sleep or waking known. Bulleh, I know not who I am. Not in happiness or in sorrow am I found. I am neither pure nor mired in filthy ground. Not of water nor of land,Nor am I in air or fire to be found. Bulleh, I know not who I am. Not an Arab nor Lahori,Not a Hindi or Nagouri,Nor a Muslim or Peshawari,Not a Buddhist or a Christian. Bulleh, I know not who I am. Secrets of religion have I not unravelled,I am not of Eve and Adam. Neither still nor moving on,I have not chosen my own name!Bulleh, I know not who I am. From first to last, I searched myself. None other did I succeed in knowing. Not some great thinker am I. Who is standing in my shoes, alone?Bulleh, I know not who I am."

"I have a headache. If only I had a crown to put on!"

"No knowledge about self is self-slavery!"

"We suddenly arrived in this very lost and strange city. Somewhere in the middle of the mountains. We didn't know where we are. We were just heading back to the sea. When we walked trough the forgotten city in silence, something inside us changed. We lost a bit of ourselves too and gained space for something new."

"Only you can change your own world. No one else."

"Be yourself, be yourself."

"What would you say to yourself if you could actually meet a younger you?"

"Byron: The luxuries of this place have made me soft. The metal point's gone from my pen, there's nothing left but the feather. Gutman:That may be true. But what can you do about it?Byron:Make a departure. Gutman:From yourself?Byron:From my present self to myself as I used to be!Gutman:That's the furthest departure a man could make!"

"Remember yourself. Deep inside, you have an observer, a constant neutral witness to your posture, gesture, facial expression, breathing, taste, impressions of light and sound. Don't leap to interpret. Just be there and observe."

"In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits."

"One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?"

"Listen to your inner self, it knows you best."

"And people turn to internet with the hope that in this virtual world, where real identity need not be disclosed, they will find someone before whom they could be their true self,without any pretensions and get an opportunity to release the pent-up emotions and feel light."