Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.

It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through effort, through control, through discipline.

It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment - attentive to what it is saying, attentive to the movement of its hands, of its thoughts, of its feelings - will discover that the formation of further habits has come to an end.

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.

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

Do it or don't do it but get on with it.

A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.