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.

The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.

To come upon love without seeking it is the only way to find it.

Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front, the colors they are wearing - being extensively aware, which needs watching, observing, taking in the shape of the leaf, the shape of the trunk, the shape of the head of another, what he is doing.

Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.

True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have that capacity, then you are a free human being-free of dogmas, superstitions, ceremonies-and therefore you can find out what religion is.

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