The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is.

The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.

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

I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem. But, the moment you cease to struggle and let the problem tell you the whole story, give all its significance - then there is understanding, which means, obviously, that to understand, the mind must be quiet.

Fear exists in the process of accumulation and belief in something is part of the accumulative process.

The fact is one thing and the idea about the fact is another.

The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.