Insight is not a matter of memory, of knowledge and time, which are all thought.

Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place.

That is, when the mind ceases to create, then there is creation.

Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and so on.

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

We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our life with furniture, with music, with knowledge, with this or that. And that shell makes a lot of noise, and that noise we call living, and with that we are satisfied.

The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. It must begin there, and bring order, and from there move endlessly. .. You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. And the beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is.