We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with the rag that is called the flag.

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Surely love has nothing to do with the mind, it is not the product of the mind; love is entirely independent of calculation, of thought.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.