45 quotes
Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)
“And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact of what we really are.”
"It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free."
on Truth
"You can only be afraid of what you think you know."
on Fear
"The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment."
on Wisdom
"To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still."
on Mindfulness
"The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another."
on Philosophy
"It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy."
on Joy
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
on Society
"One of the fundamental causes of the disintegration of society is copying, which is the worship of authority."
"When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important."
on Nature
"Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you."
"do it or don't do it but get on with it..."
on Inspirational
"Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience."
"You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark."
on Self Awareness
"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."
"A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man."
"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect."
"Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples."
on Religion
"To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education."
on Education
"Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education."
"Love is something totally new every day, but pleasure is not, pleasure has continuity. Love is always new, and therefore it is its own eternity."
on Love
