If you have come to listen to a man who it is thought transmits wisdom, you have mistaken your way...

...for true wisdom is not communicated through books or speeches—true wisdom is found in the depths of your consciousness, just as true love is found in the depths of your heart. If you have come at the urging of slanderers and hypocrites to listen to this man so that what you hear today may later be used against him, you have mistaken your way, because this man has not come here to ask anything of you or to use you, because he does not need you.


Silo, Public Talk, the Healing of Suffering, Punta de Vacas, May 4, 1969

This world is on the verge of exploding...

...with no way to end the violence! Do not choose false doors. There are no politics that can solve this mad urge for violence.



There is no political party or movement on the planet that can end the violence. Do not choose false doors that promise to lead away from the violence in the world…

Only inner faith and inner meditation can end the violence in you, in others, and in the world around you. All the other doors are false and do not lead away from this violence.

Silo, Public Talk, the Healing of Suffering, Punta de Vacas, May 4, 1969