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

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

Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.

Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

To be is to be related.

You can only hear clearly when you sit quietly, when you give your attention. Nor can you have order if you are not free to watch, if you are not free to listen, if you are not free to be considerate. This problem of freedom and order is one of the most difficult and urgent problems in life. It is a very complex problem. It needs to be thought over much more than mathematics, geography, or history.