Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.

As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude and subtle forms of snobbishness and the worship of authority. Thus we become more and more externalized and inwardly empty. The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is never quiet, that is not capable of deep search and discovery.

There are two kinds of freedom: one is the freedom from something, which is a reaction; and the other is not a reaction, it is "being free."

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.

Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions.

We should awaken feelings of respect for each other. In other words, awaken the desire to kill selfishness.

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.