Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

atrophy of feeling creates criminals.

Every individual is representative of the whole . . . and should be intimately understood, and this would give a far greater understanding of mass movements and sociology.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearning or your soul—you create suffering.

The child who is uprooted begins to recognize that what he builds within himself is what will endure, what will withstand shattering experiences.

You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living.