Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others.

Awareness is an inner quality of consciousness; it has nothing to do with closed or open eyes.

[T]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich, utterly peaceful, absolutely ecstatic.

To me the greatest problem with humanity is that they don't know anything of meditation.

Hell and heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of heaven.

Yes, it is better to look from the window than not to look at all, but to look through the window cannot be compared to the windowless sky.

This mind is a prison. It cannot find any freedom anywhere. It must die before freedom comes to you. But we have taken the mind as us, we are identified with it. This death of mind never happens to us, it never occurs to us.