In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding.

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

Good heredity and environment are necessary. You cannot compare the child of a savage with the child of a civilized person.

Truth is more in the process than in the result.

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

Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.

You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can reveal it.