Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

The Highest to which people can attain is wonder; and if the prime phenomenon makes them wonder, let them be content; nothing higher can it give them, and nothing further should they seek for behind it; there is the limit.

This-the immediate, everyday, and present experience-is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe.

It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt

Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.

Basically, there is simply nothing to worry about, because you yourself are the eternal energy of the universe.

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.