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…

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There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn,...

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn,...

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word,...

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word,...

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

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

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

The flowering of love is meditation.

The flowering of love is meditation.

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...

The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible...

The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible...

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

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

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

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats...

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats...