All knowing becomes knowledge. The moment it becomes knowledge, drop it. It is just like dust gathers on the mirror; every day you have to clean it. On the mirror of your mind dust gathers, dust of experience: it becomes knowledge. Clean it. That's why every day meditation is needed. Meditation is nothing but cleaning the mirror of your mind. Clean it continuously! If you can clean it every moment of your life, then there is no need  to sit separately for meditation.

When people use the word 'maturity' they mean more knowledge; when I  use the word 'maturity' I mean the capacity to learn.

So the first thing is that you should be capable of learning and your learning capacity should never be burdened by knowledge, never be covered by dust. The mirror of  learning should remain clean and fresh so it can go on reflecting.

Even if you feel, or you think you feel, or you pretend that you feel, compassion, just go deep and analyze it and you will always find some other motivation in it. It cannot be  pure compassion and if it is not pure it is not compassion. Purity is a basic ingredient in  compassion, otherwise it is something else -- it is more or less a formality. We have  learned how to be formal: how to behave with your wife, how to behave with your  husband, how to behave with your children, with friends, with your family. We have  learned everything. Compassion is not something which can be learned; when you have  unlearned ail formalities, all etiquette and manners, it arises in you. It is very wild; it  doesn't taste of etiquette, of formality, they are all dead things compared to it. It is very alive, it is a flame of love.

Osho