The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a state of repose... Like a projectile flying to its goal, life ends in death. Even its ascent and its zenith are only steps and means to this goal... For, enlightenment or no enlightenment, consciousness or no consciousness, nature prepares itself for death.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

Perhaps, I myself am the enemy who needs to be loved.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.