The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can reveal it.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.

If you seem something that is true and do not act then you are wasting your life. And life is too precious. It is all that we have.

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Truth is more in the process than in the result.

Society is the product of relationship, of yours and mine together. If we change in our relationship, society changes.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Learning is the very essence of humility . . .

Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.

It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.

Happiness comes uninvited: and the moment that you are conscious that you are happy, you are no longer happy.

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

Most people like to live in illusions.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.