If you have the desire, if you establish the goal - which is harmony, which is happiness through liberation- then these stages of revolt, of war, of struggle, can be avoided - should be avoided. You are not going to wallow in the gutter if you can jump over it.

The enemy is not the other, the enemy is you

To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.

Buddha called himself 'The Enlightened One' and Jesus called himself 'The Son of God'. To me the term 'World-Teacher' is of as little importance as 'The Son of God' or 'The Enlightened One'.