What is of great importance is not what ...

What is of great importance is not what somebody said, or what somebody did or did not do, but whether I, as a human being, can lead a different kind of life. That’s all. That is the crucial point – not what Buddha, Christ and all the other people have said, which may be true or may not be true. What is important, what is essential and urgent is: can I live a different life altogether?