You must look most intimately and discover for yourself; then it is your own, not somebody else’s, not something that you have been told, because there is no teacher and no follower.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.

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

Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following.

Most people like to live in illusions.

I admire and respect the tenacity, courage, and patience of the unenlightened in the face of so much overwhelming evidence

Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end.