Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous.

Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.

Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of thatknowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.

While expressing your desires, you would need to exercise control in order to prevent them from doing harm to you or to others.

Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind and your whole being to it immediately.

But if one observes, one will see that the body has its own intelligence; it requires a great deal of intelligence to observe the intelligence of the body.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.