Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter.

I can only insist that understanding, not blind belief, should be the goal.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover their vocations and responsibilities, and not merely cram their minds with facts and technical knowledge; it should be the soil in which they can grow without fear, happily and integrally.

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.