The fact is one thing and the idea about the fact is another.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear.

The origin is nameless; the origin is absolutely quiet, it is not whirring about making noise. Creation is something that is most holy, that is the most sacred thing in life, and if you have made a mess of your life, change it. Change it today, not tomorrow. If you are uncertain, find out why and be certain. If your thinking is not straight, think straight, logically, Unless all that is prepared, all that is settled, you cannot enter into this world, into the world of creation.

To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.

Mere isolation in an enclosing idea is not a release from conflict.

It is necessary that one be a light to oneself in a world that is becoming utterly dark.