You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there was great latitude, and the musician could improvise to his heart's content; and the more the variations and combinations, the greater the musician.

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.

Without understanding the process of the self, there is no bais for thought, there is no basis for right thinking.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally.

The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is.

There is always great beauty, not of images, feeling or thought. Beauty is neither thought nor feeling; it has nothing whatsoever to do with emotion or sentiment. There is fear. Fear is never an actuality; it is either before or after the active present. When there is fear in the active present, is it fear? It is there and there is no escape from it, no evasion possible. There, at that actual moment, there is total attention at the moment of danger, physical or psychological.