Everyone must go through all experiences but they need not go through them all in reality -they can do it vicariously, by imagination.

If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.

And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.

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

Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of thatknowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.

When the wind blows across the various continents, it does not bring with it the nationalities of the countries through which it passes. So likewise with Life.