One is forced to speak not of what is held in common between the cultures, but what is held in common between the myths, and that in its simplest archetypal forms.

But India did not pass me by without a trace: it left tracks which lead me from one infinity to another infinity.

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an intent of their own and without deviation. Trees in particular were mysterious and seemed to me direct embodiments of the incomprehensible meaning of life. For that reason, the woods were the places where I felt closest to its deepest meaning and to its awe-inspiring workings.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.

The inner man has access to the sense organs of god.

The greatest sin is to be unconscious.