We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young -- not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age -- and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words.

Goodness—you understand, Sirs?—goodness can only flower in freedom, not in tradition. The world needs change, you need tremendous revolution in yourself; the world needsthis tremendous revolution

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

You can only be afraid of what you think you know.

You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark.

anything truly revolutionary is created by a few who see what is true and are willing to live according to that truth; but to discover what is true demands freedom from tradition, which means freedom from all fears.

You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not understand this, you create that, hoping through that to understand or to escape from this.

You say, `I will think about it; I will consider whether it is possible tobe free from violence or not. I will try to be free.' That is one of the most dreadfulstatements you can make, `I will try'. There is no trying, no doing your best. Eitheryou do it or you don't do it.

It is only in alert silence that truth can be.