You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.

I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.

The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.

Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.