The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.

Without love there is no art. When the artist is playing beautifully there is no 'me; there is love and beauty, and this is art. This is skill in action.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.

If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.

Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. . Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.

I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.