Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe without evaluating.

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something.

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

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

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

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.

Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all memory.

When you listen with total attention, there is no listener.

Relationship is the mirror in which you see yourself as you are.

Fear twists our ideas and makes us crooked.

A mind that is full of conclusions is dead; it cannot learn.

Order is not conformity; real order comes only when there is freedom from disorder.

To be vulnerable is to be truly alive.

When there is love, do what you will, for love has no conflict.

The moment you have a conclusion, you cease to inquire.

Comparison is the root of all inner violence.

Can you look at a tree without the word 'tree'?

Sorrow comes to an end only when there is no escape from it.

Living is in the present; dying is in the future. Live with death as your constant companion, and you will live intensely.

Ambition breeds envy and destroys affection.

To live without comparison is to discover extraordinary beauty.

Discipline is not suppression; true discipline is the natural order born of understanding.

A peaceful mind is not a dull mind; it is the most active and acute.

Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential.

You are the world, and the world is you.

When the mind is free of the past, every moment is a miracle.

To be free of fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The flower is not conscious of its perfume; it simply is.

True revolution is the psychological revolution of the individual.

Listening is an art that requires a quiet heart and an attentive mind.

Where there is self-interest, there is no love.

Joy comes when you do not seek it.

The observer is the observed.

When you are totally attentive, the self is absent.

Insight is immediate; it does not take time.

Live with the unknown as your sacred home.

True compassion has no motive.

When thought is quiet, truth shines.

To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

The beauty of life is in its unpredictability.

Do not be a prisoner of your own memory.

Clarity is not an intellectual achievement; it is freedom from confusion.

Love has no boundaries and knows no pride.

The mind that questions everything is the only mind that truly learns.

Silence is the soil in which deep wisdom takes root.

Live without masks, and you will live with power.

The river flows because it does not cling to its banks.

A quiet mind is a fountain of boundless energy.

To look without judgment is the greatest meditation.

Truth cannot be bought with words or rituals.

Every relationship is an invitation to understand oneself.

The sacred is found in the unpolluted present.

Drop the burden of past grudges and walk free.

Real love does not depend on being loved.

The mind free of dogma is the mind of true compassion.

Look at life with fresh eyes every single morning.

Solitude is rich; loneliness is poor.

The measure of your understanding is your daily behavior.

When you cease to defend yourself, you become invulnerable.

The bird in flight knows no boundaries.

Live like water, adapting without losing your essence.

The eternal is uncovered when the temporary is understood.

True peace requires no weapons and no walls.

The heart that loves is never lonely.

Innocence is the capacity to meet life without prejudice.

The present moment is the only doorway to reality.

Do not follow another; be a light unto yourself.

Fear ends where total awareness begins.

The art of living is dying to the past every day.

True intelligence is the fragrance of love.

The universe reveals its secrets to the silent mind.

Live with passion, but live without attachment.

The mind that compares is always in conflict.

To love without possession is the supreme art.

The silent sky holds all storms without breaking.

Listen to the wind as you would listen to truth.

A free mind carries no resentment.

The treasure you seek is hidden in your attention.

Do not seek answers; understand the question deeply.

The beauty of simplicity cannot be exaggerated.

Let your actions flow from clarity, not confusion.

The soul has no frontiers except those built by fear.

Live lightly upon the earth with a grateful heart.

When you understand the root of fear, fear dies.

The eternal present is the home of joy.

Compassion is the highest flower of consciousness.

Walk alone in your truth, and you will never be lost.

The mirror of relationship reveals all illusions.

The quiet heart hears the music of the cosmos.

Freedom is the first and last step of wisdom.

Be completely alive in this single unrepeatable second.

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

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Truth is a pathless land.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.