What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of great ecstasy which is not to be confounded with pleasure. It is this ecstasy which gives to the eye, to the brain and to the heart, the quality of innocency. Without seeing life as something totally new, it is a routine, a boredom, a meaningless affair. So meditation is of the greatest importance. It opens the door to the incalculable, to the measureless.

To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.

The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.

Self-knowledge is only from moment to moment, and therefore there is a creative happiness from moment to moment.

Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself-these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society.

When we suffer we have made it into a personal affair. We shut out all the suffering of mankind.

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