“Intuition is the whisper of the soul.”

Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

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.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.

Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.

Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.

If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.

Despair exists only when there is hope.

The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.

Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.

Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.