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Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Belief creates its own experience; therefore, such an experience is not true.
The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
As long as you are held within a pattern you must create disorder in the world.
To bring about a fundamental, radical revolution, we must begin with ourselves.
Ugliness is a lack of harmony, assuredly. And evil is the same thing of course.
All paths do not lead to truth. There is no path to truth, it must come to you.
Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
Insight is not a matter of memory, of knowledge and time, which are all thought.
Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas about what love is or should be.
The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.
After all, without understanding yourself, what basis have you for right thinking?
Hasn't knowledge only crippled me from seeing truth? Is knowledge itself illusory?
Does a human being know the responsibility he has to himself and to all of mankind
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.
Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails.
Ugliness and evil are necessary for growth but they may be experienced vicariously.
Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear.
Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.
We shall quench our thirst, for we shall drink deep at the bubbling fountain of Wisdom.
Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion.
I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.
It is necessary that one be a light to oneself in a world that is becoming utterly dark.
The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.
The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge. Learning is movement from moment to moment.
Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart and the body are really harmonious.
When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.
Wherever there is a suitable environment for the fulfilment of Life, it will fulfil itself.
Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.
Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality.
You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it.
When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.
It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion.
Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline?
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.