It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.

Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.

The truth is so simple that it is regarded as a pretentious banality.

Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.