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.

Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion.

Do you know your particular fears? And what do you usually do with them? You run away from them, don't you, or invent ideas and images to cover them? But to run away from fear is only to increase it.

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

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.

Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.

The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.