Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.

Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.

It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love.

If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate and the others to die away.

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.

You cannot explain to someone who comes with no idea of what you are talking about without being misunderstood.

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