Truth can be discovered by anyone, without the help of any authority and, as life is ever-present, in an instant. His (Location 85)
“Let us find out what we mean by …,” (Location 97)
Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens. Can one put aside all these screens through which we listen, and really listen? (Location 160)
To listen there must be an inward quietness, a freedom from the strain of acquiring, a relaxed attention. (Location 166)
is only when you listen without the idea, without thought, that you are directly in contact; and being in contact, you will understand whether what he is saying is true or false; you do not have to discuss. (Location 178)
Be simple … and don’t try to become something or to capture some experience. (Location 189)
You will find that the more you listen to everything, the greater is the silence, and that silence is then not broken by noise. It is only when you are resisting something, when you are putting up a barrier between yourself and that to which you do not want to listen—it is only then that there is a struggle. (Location 196)
By learning I do not mean the mere cultivation of memory or the accumulation of knowledge, but the capacity to think clearly and sanely without illusion, to start from facts and not from beliefs and ideals. There is no learning if thought originates from conclusions. (Location 249)