To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.

We should awaken feelings of respect for each other. In other words, awaken the desire to kill selfishness.

Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.

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

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.

It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.