Occupation: Writer Birth: May 12, 1895 Death: February 17, 1986
To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom..
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not livin….
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. Nobody on earth can give you ei….
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society..
What you are the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world..
There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me..
Intuition is the whisper of the soul..
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence..
It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. ….
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation..
Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth tha….
The mind has to be empty to see clearly..
A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations is really an uncreative ….
Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow..
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I ….
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Bec….
A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is..
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are..
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear..
Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom..