The world is not something separate from you and me; the world, society, is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other. So you and I are the problem, and not the world, because the world is the projection of ourselves, and to understand the world we must understand ourselves. That world is not separate from us; we are the world, and our problems are the world's problems.

Without freedom, there is no creation.

You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it.

Now, when you are aware, you see the whole process of your thinking and action, but it can happen only when there is no condemnation. That is. When I condemn something, I do not understand it.

Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?

I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I regard that person as a human being. I do not say "This is a man; this is a woman."

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?