Let the mind be empty, and not filled with the things of the mind. Then there is only meditation, and not a meditor who is meditating . . . The mind must be clear, without movement, and in the light of that clarity the timeless will be revealed.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.

Fear is what prevents the flowering of the mind.

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

There is only that inevitable danger as long as there is lack of understanding; but the moment the individual understands, there will be no formation of religion.