Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.

I must forgive without noise or fuss.

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.

Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.