The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.

Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and dogmas and creeds, then there is misery.

Intelligence is not discernment and judgment or critical evaluation.

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

What you believe you experience.

And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.