Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

Joy is something entirely different from pleasure.

Intuition is the only true guide in life.

You say you love your wife. You depend on her; she has given you her body, her emotions, her encouragement, a certain feeling of security and well-being. Then she turns away from you; she gets bored or goes off with someone else, and your whole emotional balance is destroyed, and this disturbance, which you don't like, is called jealousy. There is pain in it, anxiety, hate and violence. So what you are really saying is, 'As long as you belong to me I love you but the moment you don't I begin to hate you.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.