Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centred activity and not open total action? Why be mean when there are soaring mountains and flashing streams? Why jealousy and not love? Why?

That is, sir, there can only be communication, communion, when you and I are on the same level, and with the same intensity, at the same time.

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Without knowing myself, I have no real basis for thinking.

To be religious is to be sensitive to reality.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.