To be whole, nonfragmented in action, in life, in every kind of relationship, that is the very essence of sanity. Sanity means to be whole, healthy and holy.

I can only insist that understanding, not blind belief, should be the goal.

Joy is something entirely different from pleasure.

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In our relationships each of us builds an image about the other, and these two images have relationship, not the human beings themselves.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

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