"Life is not a tension anywhere except in the minds of humanity. To take life with ease, without any tension, without any hurry — that is not laziness, that is easiness."
Take Life with Ease
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Humanity
Nature
"Nature is not human hearted."
Enemies
"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."
Great Acts
"Great acts are made up of small deeds."
Remaining Unconscious
"So let us decide whether you want a shelter, a safety zone, which will no longer yield conflict, whether you want to escape from the present conflict to enter a condition in which there shall be no conflict; or whether you are unaware, unconscious of this conflict in...
Insoluble Problems
"Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the greater the suffering, the anxiety, the extraordinary sense of insoluble problems."
Ideologies
"All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man."
No Longer Free
"We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free."
Losing Touch with Nature
"If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity. If there's no relationship with nature then you become a killer; then you kill baby seals, whales, dolphins, and man either for gain, for sport, for food, or for knowledge. Then nature is frightened of you,...