Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind working?or rather, has your mind watched itself in operation, just to see what your thoughts are, what your feelings are, how you look at the trees, at the flowers, at the birds, at people, how you respond to a suggestion or react to a new idea? Have you ever done this?

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.

I admire and respect the tenacity, courage, and patience of the unenlightened in the face of so much overwhelming evidence

The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is love.

Look at that battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it.

The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.