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?

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

Is not virtue a negation of becoming?

The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.

One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our minds continually occupied so that we are prevented from seeing ourselves as we actually are. We are afraid to be empty. We are afraid to look at our fears.

The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to learn. And so there is no following, no accepting, no obedience.

As we are - the world is.