One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

Freedom comes with self-knowledge, when the mind goes above and beyond the hindrances it has created for itself.

Does life continue beyond the door? The fulfilment of life is not annihilation - on the contrary - I am much more ambitious, much more desirous, much more eager than you are. It is Life. Therefore it cannot be annihilation, for you cannot annihilate Life!

As long as the mind clings to belief, it is held in a prison.

Our conflict is in relationship, at all levels of our existence; and the understanding of this relationship, completely and extensively, is the only real problem that each one has.

We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with the rag that is called the flag.