Anagarika Govinda Quotes

The forces which move the cosmos are not different from those which move the human soul.

The power of the creative imagination is not only merely content with observing the world as it is, accepting a given reality, but is capable of creating a new reality by transforming the inner as well as the outer world

Do not keep what you have selfishly bottled up; pour it out, share it with the world.

Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences

The cloud represents the creative power of the mind, which can assume any imaginable form. It is the ideal medium of creation for the enlightened mind, which manifests itself on the plane of timeless meditative vision.

The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind

The wonders of a journey consist far more of such intangible experiences and unexpected situations than of factual things and events of material reality.

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the manifestation of the universal mind. His inner vision an expression of the highest reality, and his speech an expression of eternal truth and mantric power.

The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows.