When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; one is concerned with the total understanding of mankind. - J.K.
The purpose of education isn't to produce mere scholars, technicians and job hunters, but integrated people who are free of fear; for only between such human beings can there be enduring peace.Β - J.K.
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 escape from it.Β - J.K.
"Beyond all explanations in which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centered activity and not open total action?" - J.K.
There is an art of listening. To be able really to listen, one should abandon or put aside all prejudices, preformulations and daily activities. When you are in a receptive state of mind, things can be easily understood. - J.K.
Love alone can transform insanity, confusion, and strife. No system, no theory of the left or of the right can bring peace and happiness to humanity. - J.K.
All living is energy. All life is energy. If that energy is allowed to flow without any contradictions, without any friction, without any conflict, then that energy is boundless, endless. - J.K.
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself-these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society. - J.K.
Only when your hearts are empty of the things of the mind, is there love. Then you will know what it is to love without separation, without distance, without time, without fear. - J.K.