Do you decide to observe? Or do you merely observe?

If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the perfect flower.

Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.

The crisis is not in the outward technological advancement, but rather in the way we think, and the way we live, and the way we feel. I think that is where a revolution must take place.

There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.

You can only hear clearly when you sit quietly, when you give your attention. Nor can you have order if you are not free to watch, if you are not free to listen, if you are not free to be considerate. This problem of freedom and order is one of the most difficult and urgent problems in life. It is a very complex problem. It needs to be thought over much more than mathematics, geography, or history.

After all you grow by experience. But while your son is young, you should try to set before him his ultimate goal.