“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.”

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.

Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.

Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.

The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

You want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.

Be a light unto oneself,

Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.

No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.

To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

What you believe you experience.

The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.

I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.

The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.

It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.

Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?