Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.
The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no desire to be secure; it is a state of vulnerability.
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have that capacity, then you are a free human being-free of dogmas, superstitions, ceremonies-and therefore you can find out what religion is.
Observe, and in that observation there is neither the “observer” nor the “observed” – there is only observation taking place.
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are caught up in the description, as most people are, then you will never see the mountain.
Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality.
The ambitious man has never found his true vocation...
You must look most intimately and discover for yourself; then it is your own, not somebody else’s, not something that you have been told, because there is no teacher and no follower.