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«When you find a waiter who is a waiter and not an actor, writer, musician or poet, you've found a jewel.»

«Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.»

«When the mind is cleaned with the jewel of spiritual wisdom, it does not become dirty again. »

«Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.»

«You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.»

«You are the wealth of the poor, the Guru of the guru-less, the honor of the dishonored. I am blind; I have grasped hold of the jewel, the Guru. »

«When the True Guru is pleased, we find the treasure of the jewel, deep within the self. Without the Guru, no one has found this treasure.»

«Unless experience be a jewel.»