How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal.

Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.