Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place.

The thought is not the thing.

Ugliness is a lack of harmony, assuredly. And evil is the same thing of course.

If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.

As the world has to attain the fulfilment of eternal life, to me it does not in the least matter what I am called -'Enlightened One', 'Son of God', or something else. To me, it has no purpose - as little as when the Buddha said, 'I am the Enlightened One'.

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.

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.