Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.

If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the perfect flower.

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.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

Fear is the process of the mind in the struggle of becoming. In becoming good there is the fear of evil; in becoming complete, there is the fear of loneliness.

We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that they will fit into the pattern of society, That is what every parent wants, is it not? And that is exactly what is happening, whether it be in America or in Europe, in Russia or in India. The pattern may vary slightly, but they all want the child to conform.