The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.

If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity. If there's no relationship with nature then you become a killer; then you kill baby seals, whales, dolphins, and man either for gain, for "sport," for food, or for knowledge. Then nature is frightened of you, withdrawing its beauty. You may take long walks in the woods or camp in lovely places but you are a killer and so lose their friendship. You probably are not related to anything to your wife or your husband.

When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem reveals itself and it is solved. That happens when the mind is still, in the interval between two thoughts, between two responses. In that state of mind, understanding comes.

If people who say they love their children meant it, would there be war? And would there be division of nationalities - would there be these separations?

As long as the mind clings to belief, it is held in a prison.

Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.