The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.

Whether you call the principle of existence "God," "matter," "energy," or anything else you like, you have created nothing; you have merely changed a symbol. Eastern and Western Thinking, 1938

Please remember, it is what you are that heals, not what you know.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.

The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent.

The only important thing is to follow nature. A tiger should be a good tiger; a tree, a good tree. So people should be people. But to know what people are, one must follow nature and go alone, admitting the importance of the unexpected. Still, nothing is possible without love. . . . For love puts one in a mood to risk everything, and not to withhold important elements.