The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free that can look and understand immediately. Freedom implies really, doesn't it, the total emptying of the mind. To completely empty the whole content of the mind — that is real freedom.

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

It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion.

The man-made laws have been made by men who have not perceived the final goal towards which they are making. And that is why it is so important to insist upon the final thing first, and then all the regulations, all the disciplines, will follow.