When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely-- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

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

In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.