Occupation: Teacher Death: October 29, 1949
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world..
Begin with the possible; begin with one step..
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place..
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself b….
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God..
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go..
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortuna….
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of….
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness..
Knowledge by itself does not give understanding. Nor is understanding increased by an increase of knowledge alone. Understanding depends upon the rel….
There do exist enquiring minds, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the ess….
Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is….
Patience is the mother of will..
One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the 'man-machine,' the ma….
Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very l….
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate..
If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests and insignific….
It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken..
A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid ….
The crowd neither wants nor seeks knowledge, and the leaders of the crowd, in their own interests, try to strengthen its fear and dislike of everythi….
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much..