Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

If I want to understand something, I must observe, I must not criticize, I must not condemn, I must not pursue it as pleasure or avoid it as non-pleasure. There must merely be the silent observation of a fact.

Truth does not belong to an individual.

Happiness comes uninvited: and the moment that you are conscious that you are happy, you are no longer happy.

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.

Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has ended.

Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.